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“Actors like to play bad guys because they're more fun. They also win more awards.”

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Author:Dean Norris

“I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time.”

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Author:Lucas Neff

“When I was I kid, there were so many different things that I wanted to be. As an actor, I get a chance to be all of those things, at least for a couple of days, which is fun.”

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Author:Navid Negahban

“There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman.”

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Author:Jared Padalecki

“I find I like to work with a lot of the same actors, because I find that there's sort of shorthand there, and there is this unspoken trust, both ways. They trust me and I trust them. And I know what I'm going to get from them, to an extent. It's just fun, kind of creating this little family.”

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Author:Todd Phillips

“I think part of the fun of being an actor is getting to work with different directors and seeing their take on it, what they're passionate about. They all have different ideas about your character.”

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Author:Elizabeth Reaser

“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.”

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Author:Fred Ward

“Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I’m going to do that.”

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Author:Anthony Mackie

“All of us have a lot of sides to ourselves, but the fun thing about being actor is you make one side predominant for the character you're playing.”

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Author:Vince Vaughn

“From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.”

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Author:Olivia Williams

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

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Author:Austin Peck

“The human condition is all about us pretending to be something sometimes that we're not. When you get into the core of people kind of stripping all of that away, that's for me, as an actor, always the most fun stuff to do.”

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Author:Charlize Theron

“I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?" And I was like, "Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I'll fill 120 hours of my life with something." So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.”

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Author:Ben Stiller

“I was entirely wrapped up in the idea of becoming an actor. I learned how to write on the job, basically out of necessity. I always thought it'd be fun to write something, but it never was an ambition of mine, per se. I just thought, "Well, maybe I'll do it one day just for the hell of it and see if it works."”

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Author:Glenn Howerton

“Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.”

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Author:Kaitlyn Dever

“Working with Jean-Claude is a lot of fun. Because he's a great actor who also happens to be a fighter. That combination doesn't usually come together anymore. Usually, you have to fight the stunt double and then act against the actor. In his case, you are fighting with a real guy. It takes a minute to get used to that. Because it doesn't happen any more.”

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Author:Dolph Lundgren

“It is fun to see girls going mad about me or dancing around to get one glimpse of me. These are major perks of being an actor. But you need to be cautious and respectful.”

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Author:Emraan Hashmi

“One of the fun things for me, about acting, is trying to transform. Transformational acting was the reason why I became an actor, in the first place.”

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Author:Matt Ross

“I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun.”

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Author:Ginnifer Goodwin

“It's great to have people to bounce off and I love working with people my age. I think young actors have such energy about them and such a passion and a drive to do their best and prove themselves constantly, and to work with that is really fun and interesting.”

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Author:Kaya Scodelario

“I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard.”

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Author:Bob Odenkirk

“Most of actor's work is done at home, in your hotel room, in the wee hours of the morning thinking and reading and feeling, walking around and listening to music. It really just because an internal exercise, whatever skills. It's great if you have to learn something new for a gig and designing a character physically is always fun but it does become an internal exercise in separating the wheat from the chaff.”

“My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.”

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Author:Josh Radnor

“I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I am an actor, so it was fun to play one, but it's not real.”

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Author:Elizabeth Taylor

“I haven't always wanted to be an actor, no. I wasn't one of the little kids that was desperate to be an actor. I did a lot of drama and a lot of music, but it was just something for fun on the side. I was quite shy as a kid and I found a lot of freedom in performing. I never knew you could do it as a job.”

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Author:Gemma Chan

“Im always envious of the actors who get to come to work every day and really grow deep roots there, but it is really fun playing lots of different characters.”

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Author:Jaime Ray Newman

“The most fun part for an actor is the writing and the story and the character. That's very fulfilling.”

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Author:Dominique McElligott

“For actors, being successful is generally getting a job. If you can work a lot, you're really successful. If you work a lot on projects that are interesting and intelligent and great fun to be part of, then you're hugely successful. And I feel hugely successful. I can't believe that I get to be involved with the projects and the people I work with.”

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Author:Anne-Marie Duff

“When Im not working... Im an actor! Im auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for boyfriends, play MASH, the usual.”

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Author:Xosha Roquemore

“I just want to kind of tackle every kind of form that exists in the comedy world; whether it be stand-up or hidden camera or parody. Kind of slap it in a movie with hip-hop artists and actors, comedians and girls. I just want to do something fun.”

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Author:Pauly Shore

“Acting is one element in a film. Directing is sort of the painter using all of those elements - sound and music and camera and putting it all together. And that can be fun and exciting. If you fail, it's incredibly upsetting - much more upsetting than when you're an actor. But when you succeed it's incredibly, incredibly exciting, so I like the risk of it all.”

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Author:George Clooney

“I spent a lot of time taking acting lessons Actors have no inhibitions, and Im inhibited by everything. To be able to make fun of yourself is a skill and a liberating experience.”

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Author:Maksim Chmerkovskiy

“I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.”

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Author:Isabella Rossellini

“I love working with older actors because number one, I can learn so much from them because they have so much experience. And it's fun to hear their stories from their era, some of the jokes.”

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Author:Donnie Yen

“Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they're fun.”

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Author:Carla Gugino

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

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Author:Taylor Schilling

“I'm not a great fan of green screen. It's not much fun for actors. It's great for directors and technical people and cameramen.”

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Author:Dominic West