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“The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way.”

Way Trying Stories Acting Careers Roles One Thing Closest Juvenile Delinquents Delinquency

Author:Paul Mazursky

“I'm not really one of those people who goes and writes some big back story and agonizes over characters. I think you kind of can get it. For me personally, it's just kind of more instinctive. But I don't have kind of an acting background. I fell into it accidentally.”

People Thinking Writing Kind Character Stories Bigs Acting Backgrounds

Author:Rose McGowan

“Each song, you're telling a story and acting.”

Stories Song Acting

Author:Patti Page

“For me, acting was a way of releasing all of this stuff that I had inside - and a way for me to tell the stories of the people I knew, so that their spirit could live through me.”

People Way Stories Spirit Stuff Acting

Author:Ving Rhames

“For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting.”

Long Stories Hands Actors Voice Acting Path Heard Projects Unique Developing Minorities Unique Voices

Author:Jimmy Smits

“I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.”

Stories Challenges Acting Bases Telling Stories

Author:David Morrissey

“I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.”

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Author:Morgan Freeman

“When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about.”

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Author:Stella Adler

“When we cannot find a way of telling our story, our story tells us-we dream these stories, we develop symptoms, or we find ourselves acting in ways we don’t understand.”

Way Stories Dream Acting Symptoms

Book:The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

Source: The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves

“One of the great pleasures of acting is surrendering to someone else's point of view of the world - living inside a character and a story that never would have come out of your mind or heart.”

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Author:Brit Marling

“I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and stuff that I'm not in and really make a good run at it as a production. I'm probably going to take a break from acting after a little while because I've enjoyed the developmental process so much. It helps you as an actor to learn story and to learn how to really nurture a script and work with a writer so you're not sitting there having to write it yourself and give notes.”

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Author:Channing Tatum

“Activist: not as much acting as it is reacting- which is my story”

Stories Acting Activist Reacting

Author:Candace Gingrich-Jones

“Hollywood no longer offers entertainment. Instead, activism has replaced acting, and sermons have supplanted stories. Instead of a good yarn, you get a yawn.”

Stories Acting Offers Hollywood Entertainment Activism Replaced Sermons Yarn

Author:Ilana Mercer

“When I came to faith, I thought I would have to stop being an actor, because it's all about artifice and manipulation. But we're living in a world where God doesn't really have an influence, unless it's fundamentalists, so I'll always be an outsider because of my faith. And when you think about it, faith and acting are all about stories, so the two are not mutually exclusive.”

Thinking World Two Stories Actors Acting Influence Manipulation Outsiders Exclusive Artifice

Author:Tamsin Greig

“Corn is the hero of its own story, and though we humans played a crucial supporting role in its rise to world domination, it would be wrong to suggest we have been calling the shots, or acting always in our own best interests. Indeed, there is every reason to believe that corn has succeeded in domesticating us.”

Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World

“If I didn't get joy from acting, I wouldn't do it. My passion for acting is growing and I love telling good stories and inspiring stories and helping to give a little happiness to the world and perhaps get the audience to think about different issues.”

Thinking World Giving Littles Different Helping Stories Joy Passion Acting Audience Issues Growing My Passion Good Story Inspiring Stories

Author:AnnaSophia Robb

“Its different being a director. I suppose, especially if its a story youve written and you feel compelled to tell, in some ways its a lot easier than acting because youre orchestrating the piece. As an actor, sometimes youre trying to second-guess what people want.”

People Ifs Way Want Feels Trying Different Sometimes Stories Actors Acting Pieces Written Easier Directors Compelled

Author:Paddy Considine

“A lot of times you'll hear horror stories about actors being incredibly selfish and only wanting themselves to shine, but for me, it's not about just one person. It's about the whole team. That's the way I look at acting. That's the way I look at everything I do.”

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Author:Mekhi Phifer

“I think the actor has a tribal role as the archetypal story teller. I think there was a time when the storyteller, the priest, the healer, were all one person in one body. That person used to weave stories at night around a small fire to keep the tribe from being terrified that sun had gone down.”

Thinking Persons Stories Body Used Night Actors Acting Healing Roles Sun Gone Fire Storytelling Priests Terrified Tribes Storyteller Healer Priesthood Archetype Weaving

Author:Ben Kingsley

“I always say about acting: the audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. So if you're able to give them an experience where they feel, 'Oh, my gosh, that's me, that's my story, they know!' then you've done your job.”

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Author:Julianne Moore

“When I was eight years old, I played a story game with my younger brother and sister to help them fall asleep. The 'word-story game' was where they would choose a word and I would create a story. Acting and directing are similar to this game, where I am given the words then I fill in the life of the characters.”

Years Character Helping Stories Fall Games Given Acting Brother Eight Brothers And Sisters Younger Brother

Author:Carson Grant

“I won't even think about acting in a role where I didn't do a back story for a character.”

Thinking Character Stories Acting Roles

Author:Quentin Tarantino

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