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“Usually, I'm the kind of actor where you show me once or twice, I can do it. I don't do it creatively, but I know how to do the process.”

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James Cromwell

James Cromwell, born on January 27, 1940, is a renowned film actor. He is known for his outstanding performances in numerous Hollywood films and for his ability to create complex characters. more

“I prefer to have playback, but sometimes, you can't have that under most circumstances. First, it is expensive because you need a playback operator and secondly, it threatens a lot of directors. I only watch my performance. I see what is necessary for me so that I can see it right at the moment and I can fix it. That appeals to me a great deal.”

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Author:James Cromwell

“Once a film is shot, the thing that mostly happens is that I go see all the things I would have fixed in my performance and sometimes, very rarely, I see a moment that surprise me and I go, "Oh, that's not bad. That was nice."”

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Author:James Cromwell

“As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.”

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Author:James Cromwell

“The person is a mystery. What I'm playing is the person so I really get to tell you and show you and communicate to you who I think the real person is and that real person is me. The most important thing is to play the human being you are creating, which is my job.”

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Author:James Cromwell

“In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids in classes and the teachers would make it a point that I was the entertainer of the class, but only after high school and in college that I started doing theater and acting classes, because I thought it would be fun.”

“I did not think I had what it took to be an actor, because most of the actors that I encountered were people who were very narcissistic and I thought since I lacked narcissism to become an actor because that's what it took. It was more of a social experiment for me to walk in the shoes of other people that I found interesting.”

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Author:Michael Jai White

“I am my own worst critic and I am hell to pay so I just have to do everything to my utmost ability.”

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Author:Michael Jai White

“To me, the responsibility of an actor is to recreate humanity honestly. I never feel like an actor, I always look at it from a blue collar perspective.”

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Author:Michael Jai White

“I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart.”

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Author:Mitch Hedberg

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