"I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained."

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"I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained."

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"I like to do theater and hopefully be effective. Most actors, at least contemporary actors of my generation, can't do it. They don't have the chops."

Jeffrey Wright, American Actor

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"As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary."

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"I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good so you looked good and National Lampoon, where you had to create everything out of nothing, and SNL, where you couldn't make any mistakes, and you learned what collaboration was."

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"I've been a very lucky actor."

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"I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality."

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"If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent."

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"Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything."

William H. Macy, American Actor

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"Actors are not all there when it comes to things like relationships. The thing about us is we still greatly enjoy each other. If it weren't for her support it would be hard for me to do what I am doing now."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

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"Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors."

Walter Winchell, American Journalist

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"I don't have any training as an actor, but I guess I'm an intense pretender. When you read something over and over, it gets into you a little bit. You can't help but begin to feel it, even if you're a healthy person as I think I am."

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"The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that."

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"Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards."

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"A job is a very healthy thing to do."

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"Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did."

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"It's only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body."

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"Yes, your home is your castle, but it is also your identity and your possibility to be open to others."

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"I like to eat and I love the diversity of foods."

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"People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education."

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"I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive."

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