"It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else."

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Acting, Man

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Acting, Writing

"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

Aidan Quinn, Irish Actor

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"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

Acting, May

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

John Boorman, British Director

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"I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like."

Parker Posey, American Actress

Acting, Nothing, Old, Opera

"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Acting, Bizarre, First

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

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"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."

Keith Hernandez, American Athlete

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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."

Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress

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"I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids' show."

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"I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career."

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"All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world."

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

"I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like."

"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."

"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."

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"I think anybody with any intelligence sits down and sees Star Trek not a kids' show."

"I was very blessed in always knowing what I wanted to do, and by the grace of God I've been able to succeed in my chosen career."

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"It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else."

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"All the people in Star Trek will always be known as those characters. And what characters to have attached to your name in life! The show is such a phenomenon all over the world."