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Actor Quotes
"I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle."
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"I've wanted to be an actor ever since I was a little boy."
78
"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."
63
"My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor."
62
"I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor."
57
"I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force."
57
"I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep."
53
"There are no small parts; there are only small actors."
53
"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."
48
"Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else."
48
"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."
48
"You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator."
47
"I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor."
47
"Do you know how many plastic surgeries are done to the actors and actresses in Hollywood?"
46
"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."
46
"Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused."
45
"All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor."
44
"If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me."
44
"I mean, you know, actors lives - you're forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. They're forgotten after awhile."
43
"The actor creates with his own flesh and blood all those things which all the arts try in some way to describe."
43
"I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared."
43
"In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies."
43
"To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me."
42
"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."
42
"Inside I never said I wanted to do theatre or be an actor."
41
"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."
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