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"I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle."

"I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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"The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it."

"The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Artists, Fact, Nothing

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"When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors."

"When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Leading

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"Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?"

"Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?"

Gene Siskel, American Critic

Actor, Actors, Film

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"There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type."

"There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Stars, Want

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"I have always been a Malibu Man, like all actors."

"I have always been a Malibu Man, like all actors."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Actor, Actors, Man

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"The best actors do not let the wheels show."

"The best actors do not let the wheels show."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

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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."

"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."

Vic Morrow, American Actor

Actor, Actors, France, Hollywood, Production

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"I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor."

"I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor."

Alec Guinness, English Actor

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"I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy."

"I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy."

Henry Darrow, Puerto Rican Actor

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"My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor."

"My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

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"I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force."

"I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force."

James D'arcy, British Actor

Actor, Being, Driving, Expectations

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"If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession."

"If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession."

Uta Hagen, German Actress

Actor, Existence, Profession, Want

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"It's a lot more fun for actors to cry and rant and rave, or have a drug problem or a drinking problem."

"It's a lot more fun for actors to cry and rant and rave, or have a drug problem or a drinking problem."

Jerry Orbach, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Drinking, Fun

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"I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures."

Tab Hunter, American Actor

Actor, Hollywood, Name

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"There are no small parts; there are only small actors."

"There are no small parts; there are only small actors."

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

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"I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily."

"I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily."

William Hurt, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Artists, Want

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"As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school."

"As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

Actor, School, Voice

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"You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator."

"You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator."

Joel Siegel, American Critic

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"An actor has to embody a role."

"An actor has to embody a role."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

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"An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow."

"An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow."

Lawrence Barrett, American Actor

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"The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe."

"The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe."

Lee Strasberg, American Director

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"It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school."

"It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Beer, Being, Naps

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"As an actor, it's fun to play guys who aren't just locked into a male pattern, but a lot of guys you're asked to play are fairly macho and have a certain rigid standard they're living by."

"As an actor, it's fun to play guys who aren't just locked into a male pattern, but a lot of guys you're asked to play are fairly macho and have a certain rigid standard they're living by."

Fred Ward, American Actor

Actor, Fun, Living, Play

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"I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role."

"I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

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"An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman."

"An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman."

Richard Burton, Welsh Actor

Actor, Man, Woman

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"Every actor I know wants to be a pop star."

"Every actor I know wants to be a pop star."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

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"I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep."

"I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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"It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful."

"It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful."

Rick Schroder, American Actor

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"I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor."

"I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Actor, Privilege

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"I mean, you know, actors lives - you're forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. They're forgotten after awhile."

"I mean, you know, actors lives - you're forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. They're forgotten after awhile."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

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"There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep."

"There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Actor, Secrets, Want

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"Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up."

"Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be grown up."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Children, Want

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"Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else."

"Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

33

"All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor."

"All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Actor, Friends, professionals

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"We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything."

"We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything."

James Lipton, American Educator

Actor, Actors, America, Drama, School

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"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."

"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."

Anthony LaPaglia, American Actor

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"It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare."

"It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare."

Judi Dench, English Actress

Actor, Actors, Shakespeare

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

"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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"What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself."

"What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Actor, Risk, Worth

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"Do you know how many plastic surgeries are done to the actors and actresses in Hollywood?"

"Do you know how many plastic surgeries are done to the actors and actresses in Hollywood?"

Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

Actor, Actors, Hollywood

31

"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."

"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."

Richard Burton, Welsh Actor

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"There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry."

"There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Actor, Being, Singing

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"When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building."

"When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building."

Rod Taylor, Australian Actor

Actor, Building, First, Job

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"In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies."

"In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Environment, Want

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"Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion."

"Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion."

Dianne Wiest, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Opinion, Pain, Will

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"I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing."

"I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

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"I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.'"

"I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.'"

Warren Beatty, American Actor

Actor, Being, Friends, Office

30

"If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me."

"If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

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"Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore."

"Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore."

Val Guest, British Director

Actor, Actors, Fun

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