"When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise."

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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

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"I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

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"We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

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"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

Richard Donner, American Director

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"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

Jena Malone, American Actress

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"A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing."

Donna Mills, American Actress

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"I'm a rapper trying to be an actor."

Method Man, American Musician

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"The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

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"I'm so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don't feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it."

Franka Potente, German Actress

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"They're guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more."

God

"I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'"

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"I am not a has-been. I am a will be."

Will

"Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy."

Man

"It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially."

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"Stardom isn't a profession; it's an accident."

Accident

"A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?"

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"I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way."

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"A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy."

Illness