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“As an actor, the first thing you learn in drama school is you never judge.”

“As an actor, the last thing you ever want to end up on is just a procedural show where you're just a talking head. There's nothing worse than just spitting out words. Words interrupt performance. Performance is king in my world, when it comes to why I'm in this business.”

World

Author:Laz Alonso

“As an actor, the minute you start getting real in interviews, you lose mystery.”

Real Actors Loses Mystery Minutes Interviews

Author:Shia LaBeouf

“As an actor, the only thing we can do is play the truth at that moment. Because at any point in time if you play the future, or you play that you know something that the audience does not know, it kills the illusion of reality.”

Ifs Knows Doe Play Moments Reality Actors Can Do Audience Illusion That Moment

Author:Anthony Mackie

“As an actor, the second and last ones were interesting for me. Because those parts had the most change in playing someone who was both light and dark, sort of Jekyl and Hyde.”

Light Lasts Actors Change Dark Interesting Light And Dark Hyde Playing Someone

Author:Sigourney Weaver

“As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.”

Thinking Writing Two Stories Certain Passion Actors Ability Rooms Creativity Novel Amount Skills Short Story Stamina

Author:Daniel Radcliffe

“As an actor, there was that freedom of not having to worry about lights or marks or other people. It was just going out there and having fun with the character.”

People Character Light Actors Fun Worry Mark Having Fun Going Out

Author:Jeff Foxworthy

“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.”

Want Running Actors Bits Decided Running Away Paradoxical

Author:Ralph Fiennes

“As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.”

People Ifs Want Littles Actors Can Do Rooms Tough Auditions Want To See You

Author:Domhnall Gleeson

“As an actor, throughout three years, I've become more comfortable within my own skin and confident.”

Years Three Actors My Own Comfortable Skins Three Years

Author:Laura Vandervoort

“As an actor, to be part of that story's [Marvel univerce ] terrific. I've enjoyed it so much as a fan and now I'm getting to have a go myself.”

Stories Actors Fans Enjoyed Terrific

Author:Benedict Cumberbatch

“As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.”

Different Film Actors

Author:Hugo Weaving

“As an actor, to get a gift of a part like that is unusual. And then, to have the prospect of another one is always going to be interesting and exciting.”

Actors Interesting Exciting Unusual

Author:Brendan Gleeson

“As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden Boy' - it's so exhilarating. I'd personally love to perform the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's 'The Zoo Story.' He's a transient, lost soul, and an example of humanity at its rawest.”

Soul Play Stories Shows Humanity Actors Lost Boys Roles Example Golden Virginia Jerry Transient Zoos Exhilarating Lost Souls Woolf Golden Boy

Author:Keegan Allen

“As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money.”

Enough Actors Financial Working It Stability Financial Stability

Author:Paul Giamatti

“As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.”

War Play Actors Interesting

Author:Hugo Weaving

“As an actor, variety is the spice of life. I love theatre… it's what I enjoy the most. But a bit of TV, a bit of film, a bit of stage - what more could you ask for?”

Film Actors Asks Bits Enjoy Stage Tvs Theatre Variety Spices Spice Of Life Variety Is The Spice Of Life

Author:Max Irons

“As an actor, we are, in a way, a mirror of other people.”

People Way Actors Mirrors

Author:Chris Sarandon

“As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.”

Trying Actors Mask

Author:Russell Hornsby

“As an actor, what I'm finding is that I really like the extremes. I think that's really fun to play with.”

Thinking Play Actors Fun Findings Extremes

Author:Taylor Schilling

“As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.”

Want Actors Interesting Crazy Calm Surface Ducks Ponds Beneath The Surface Paddling

Author:Alexander Skarsgard

“As an actor, whatever I get the opportunity to do, if it has a good story then I'm in. I thought 'Dead End' had a great story; 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' of course, was probably the first real horror film I was in.”

Ifs Firsts Real Ends Stories Film Courses Actors Opportunity Streets Horror Nightmare Good Story Horror Film Dead Ends Nightmare On Elm Street

Author:Lin Shaye

“As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.”

Want Actors Personality Bigger Encounters Bigger Than Life Psychopathic

Author:Antonio Banderas

“As an actor, when you walk into a room to audition, you get five minutes with a casting director, who doesn't even look at you, most of the time.”

Looks Actors Walks Rooms Five Minutes Directors Auditions Casting Five Minutes Casting Directors

Author:Mark Duplass

“As an actor, when you're actually trying to embody what it would be like to just know that everyone's at your beck and call, it's quite a thing to absorb what that might be like and what that would do.”

Knows Trying Might Would Be Actors Beck And Call

Author:Linus Roache

“As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.”

People Actors Comedy Hopefully Fantastic Good Times Funny People

Author:Ari Graynor

“As an actor, you act in order to make a living. Then, when you can make a living, you start acting because you want to do what you love to do. I need to remind myself of that a lot.”

Want Needs Order Actors Acting What You Love

Author:Ty Simpkins

“As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.”

Dream Actors Can Do Materials Showcase

Author:Michael B. Jordan

“As an actor, you always find your way. You have whatever preparation techniques you use, and you just go with the scene when you're on set. You can only plan so much when you're working, because things have to come naturally in the scene.”

Scene Preparation

Author:Alexandra Breckenridge

“As an actor, you always have to reinvent yourself or you end up in the gutter somewhere. It's my job to always change people's minds. I've known that for a long time and I've had to do it.”

People Mind Long Ends Jobs Actors Known Long Time Gutters Reinventing Yourself

Author:Dylan McDermott

“As an actor, you always look for things that will stretch you and that are different than you are, so that you can surprise yourself, and you want to surround yourself with the highest caliber of people that will make you look good.”

People Want Looks Different Actors Highest Surprise Surround Surround Yourself Caliber

Author:Emmy Rossum

“As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.”

Thinking Way Jobs Lasts Form Actors Shapes Screws Going To Work

Author:Ian Somerhalder

“As an actor, you always want to do the juicy stuff. But, it's important to get the levels right.”

Want Important Actors Stuff Levels Juicy

Author:Joanne Froggatt

“As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.”

Want Actors Roles Pieces Who You Are

Author:Larenz Tate

“As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.”

Knows Want Different Character Actors Interesting Inspired Interesting Characters

Author:Kelly Reilly

“As an actor, you always want to try new things, so the fact that they set it up so that you can be doing different things each season is great.”

Want Trying Different Facts Actors Seasons Different Things New Things

Author:Mark Consuelos

“As an actor, you are always looking for something fresh and interesting and not ordinary.”

Actors Interesting Ordinary

Author:Megalyn Echikunwoke

“As an actor, you are at the mercy of others for what role you can be seen for and then what you will be cast in.”

Actors Roles Mercy Casts

Author:Grace Lynn Kung

“As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.”

Real Actors Roles Real Life

Author:Benedict Cumberbatch

“As an actor, you are in a unique position because you’re not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.”

Feels Writing Actors Position Unique Dialogue Rhythm Good Writing Memorizing

Author:Jesse Eisenberg

“As an actor, you are sort of only in charge of yourself. All you can really control is your performance. You don't know what they're going to do with it in the editing room, what they're going to cut out, which take they're going to use. You know, your control is very limited. As a director, it's ultimately your piece. You have a lot more responsibility, but you also have a lot more creative control. It's scary, but also liberating in a way.”

Responsibility Creative Cutting Scary Liberating

Author:Gillian Jacobs

“As an actor, you ask yourself what you can do to put yourself in a position where you can play that role.”

Play Actors Asks Can Do Roles Position

Author:Jeremy Northam

“As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly.”

People Thinking Moments Actors Stupid Ugly Fats You Re Stupid

Author:Amy Poehler

“As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.”

Want Real Actors Can Do Roles What You Want

Author:Ice T

“As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character.”

Knows Needs Character Actors Details

Author:Dwayne Johnson

“As an actor, you can play different age ranges and different ethnicities.”

Different Play Age Actors Range Ethnicity Different Ages

Author:Justin Chon

“As an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances being funny. The joke is kind of the situation you're in, or the way you're reacting to something, as opposed to the characters just saying something witty.”

Way Kind Play Moments Character Actors Situation Circumstances Jokes Witty Rely Intensity Gravity Seriousness Reacting Just Saying Being Funny

Author:Ed Helms

“As an actor, you can show up on a set and be on a TV show for three or four years, or whatever it is and, by the end of it, you just want to do something else.”

Want Years Ends Shows Three Actors Four Tvs Four Years Tv Shows

Author:Michael Ian Black

“As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.”

Want Littles Actors Careers Scene Honestly Steers

Author:Ben Affleck

“As an actor, you can't be off the market for too long.”

Long Actors

Author:Matt Dillon

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