"I realized that I needed to be anonymous on the street and somebody else on the stage. I had tried to put my street self on the stage, but what they want is an actor on stage."

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"I realized that I needed to be anonymous on the street and somebody else on the stage. I had tried to put my street self on the stage, but what they want is an actor on stage."

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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."

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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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"Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood."

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"Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of."

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"I've been a very lucky actor."

Bob Newhart, American Comedian

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"If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

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

Christina Ricci, American Actress

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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."

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"The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for."

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"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."

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"You're either sexy or you're not. I'm very self-conscious about my physiognomy."

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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."

"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."

"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."

"Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood."

"Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of."

"I've been a very lucky actor."

"If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives."

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

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

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

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"This marriage is no one's business but our own."

"My whole life has been a lie."

"A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his."

"My goal is to be remembered as a human being and as a great performer."

"The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for."

"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."

"You're either sexy or you're not. I'm very self-conscious about my physiognomy."

"I realized that I needed to be anonymous on the street and somebody else on the stage. I had tried to put my street self on the stage, but what they want is an actor on stage."

"I don't want to be able to see the audience."

"I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans."