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“I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.”

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Author:Edi Gathegi

“...an actor is exactly as big as his imagination.”

Bigs Actors Imagination

Book:Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production

Source: Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production

“We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think 'I'm me, I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box, to accommodate their limited imaginations.”

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Author:Imelda Staunton

“The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable.”

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Book:Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov

Source: Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov

“It is with some violation of the imagination that we conceive of an actor belonging to the relations of private life, so closely do we identify these persons in our mind with the characters which they assume upon the stage.”

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Author:Charles Lamb

“To be an actor or actress, you have to feel on a deep level and tap into emotions that you've never felt before. You're imagining how something would feel. You have to use your imagination so much.”

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Author:Elle Fanning

“How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition or approval.”

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Author:Lauren Bacall

“People often say that you should never work with child actors. I think that's all wrong. Children have not had the imagination kicked out of them by life experience and adulthood. So, they still are very much alive with that kind of magical thinking which enables an actor to believe they're in these circumstances and make them real to you.”

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Author:Nicolas Cage

“I had to learn that a good actor, like an iceberg, reveals only a small part of his ability on the surface. You suggest; you don't serve on a platter. You hold back. You don't expose it all to view. That's the way to put the audience's imagination to work.”

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Book:Change lobsters, and dance: an autobiography

Source: Change lobsters, and dance: an autobiography

“I think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have a great imagination and you have to bring it every day when you're working. Your imagination and your skills as an actor are what see you through, not what you're wearing or where you are.”

Thinking Actors Imagination Party Acting Secret Skills Where You Are Great Imagination

Author:Steven Spielberg

“You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.”

Knows Actors Imagination My Own Always Working

Author:Charles Keating, Jr.

“Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.”

Needs Actors Imagination Elements Tools Observation Primaries

Author:Stephen Lang

“[There's] nothing special about an actor's imagination, except that he uses it a lot.”

Use Actors Imagination Special

Author:Ian Mckellen