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"Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them."

"Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them."

Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman

Actor, Actors, Trying

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"Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb."

"Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Dumb

26

"I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry."

"I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry."

Corey Feldman, American Actor

26

"An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie."

"An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

26

"When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way."

"When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way."

Jason Patric, American Actor

26

"Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing."

"Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

26

"Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger."

"Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

Actor, Actors, Hollywood, Play, Will

26

"I look at smoking as a crutch, and as an actor I would like strip away as many crutches as possible."

"I look at smoking as a crutch, and as an actor I would like strip away as many crutches as possible."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

26

"It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre."

"It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre."

Frances McDormand, American Actress

Actor, Debt, Depression, Theatre

26

"The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project."

"The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project."

John Ratzenberger, American Actor

Actor, Cute, Drama, Help

26

"I was never a celebrity - just a working actor."

"I was never a celebrity - just a working actor."

Martin Milner, American Actor

Actor, Celebrity

26

"Actors are not all there when it comes to things like relationships. The thing about us is we still greatly enjoy each other. If it weren't for her support it would be hard for me to do what I am doing now."

"Actors are not all there when it comes to things like relationships. The thing about us is we still greatly enjoy each other. If it weren't for her support it would be hard for me to do what I am doing now."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Now, Relationships, Support

26

"Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that."

"Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

26

"Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor."

"Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

26

"I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor."

"I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

Actor, Living, World

26

"I actually like working with the other three actors on the show."

"I actually like working with the other three actors on the show."

Sean Hayes, American Actor

26

"You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction."

"You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction."

Paul Robeson, American Actor

26

"I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person."

"I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person."

Gale Gordon, American Actor

Actor, Joy, Years

25

"I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they didn't stop until I eventually kind of kicked them out of my bedroom."

"I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from when I was about two/three to when I was about 15. In fact they didn't stop until I eventually kind of kicked them out of my bedroom."

Samuel West, British Actor

Actor, Actors, Fact, Parents, Reading

25

"I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard."

"I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

25

"I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas."

"I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas."

Jeremy Northam, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Desire, Famous

25

"An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox."

"An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

25

"I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know."

"I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know."

Claire Danes, American Actress

Actor, Boys, Girls

25

"The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors."

"The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors."

James Cameron, American Director

Actor, Actors, Magic, Mind

25

"I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director."

"I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

25

"I'm the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me."

"I'm the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

25

"We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves."

"We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves."

Glenn Close, American Actress

25

"A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered."

"A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered."

Lee Strasberg, American Director

Actor, Feeling, Prose

25

"Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors."

"Do you know what White House correspondents call actors who pose as reporters? Anchors."

Jay Leno, American Comedian

25

"Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves."

"Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

25

"You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor."

"You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor."

Mark Rylance, English Actor

25

"I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising."

"I get bored at the theatre a lot because I notice that there's not always a connection between the actors. They may be technically proficient, but they're not surprising each other. I'm thrilled by actors who make choices that are surprising."

Lusia Strus, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Choices, Connection, May

25

"Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex and more broad and more interesting, and have more sides to them."

"Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex and more broad and more interesting, and have more sides to them."

Michael Vartan, French Actor

Actor, Fun, Play, Will

25

"Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors."

"Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors."

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

Actor, Actors, Faces, Theater

25

"Soap Actors are fun and interesting. They all have something special that you want to be around."

"Soap Actors are fun and interesting. They all have something special that you want to be around."

Austin Peck, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Fun, Want

25

"The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover."

"The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover."

Christine Lahti, American Actress

Actor, Actors, Film, Now

25

"If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors."

"If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

Actor, Actors, Profession

25

"I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country."

"I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

Actor, Care, Country

25

"Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state."

"Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Actor, Actors, Managers, State

25

"Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors."

"Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors."

Antoine Rivarol, French Journalist

Actor, Actors, Reason

25

"Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script."

"Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

25

"I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright."

"I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright."

Liev Schreiber, American Actor

25

"Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket."

"Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket."

Uwe Boll, German Director

25

"As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away."

"As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there's a paradoxical bit that wants to run away."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

25

"Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far."

"Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far."

Joe Morton, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Play, Want, Will

24

"There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers."

"There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Dumb, Politicians

24

"It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep working, and I think there's a danger in being perceived as a poster boy for something."

"It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to keep working, and I think there's a danger in being perceived as a poster boy for something."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

Actor, Being, Danger, Want

24

"Playing a robot is possibly the most difficult role you can have as an actor, because you have to take all your innate emotional responses and completely suppress them. Even the way you walk is affected."

"Playing a robot is possibly the most difficult role you can have as an actor, because you have to take all your innate emotional responses and completely suppress them. Even the way you walk is affected."

Kristanna Loken, American Actress

24

"Then they started pulling me in and I was very resistant. All the other actors would be saying write more, more dialogue for me, and I'd always be saying 'No, less, less'."

"Then they started pulling me in and I was very resistant. All the other actors would be saying write more, more dialogue for me, and I'd always be saying 'No, less, less'."

Peter Berg, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Saying

24

"The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them."

"The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

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