“Soaps are a great springboard for any actor but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to be careful.” IfsWantActorsTakenCarefulBe CarefulSoapSpringboards Author:Michelle Ryan
“No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It's a wonderful journey to take.” LooksIdeasActorsTakenComedyWonderfulJourneyCheerfulWonderful Journey Author:Stephen Fry
“A student of mine is an actor, he used to go into these interviews and sometimes not get the part. He was "taken out". Someone would use power in a way that would cause him not to succeed” WaySometimesUseSuccessUsedActorsCausesCareersTakenStudentsMinesBuddhismSucceedInterviews Author:Frederick Lenz
“Lord Chatham and Napoleon were ns much actors as Garrick or Talma. Now, an imposing air should always be taken as evidence of imposition. Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.” ShouldRealActorsLordTakenAirEvidenceDignityVeilsImposingImpositionReal Truth Author:Edwin Percy Whipple
“As an actor you want people to know you and there are times you want your pictures taken, but it's unnerving to walk out of a venue with friends and there are 20 people flashing lights in your face. Do you know how bright those lights are?” PeopleKnowsWantLightFacesActorsWalksKnow HowTakenDo You KnowYour FaceVenuesPicture TakenFlashing Lights Author:Ashley Greene
“I've never really taken myself seriously as an actor, It is surprising the amount of people who think I'm going to be really dumb. I think they think anyone who has done teen movies is just an idiot. I don't know, maybe I am. Some of the best actors, if you talk to them, they're not the smartest people in the world.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldDoneActorsTakenAmountDumbIdiotSurprisingReally Dumb Author:Robert Pattinson
“By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards.” LongEnoughLife IsActorsTakenRegretRewardsDefinitionsRealisingRecipes Author:Elizabeth McGovern
“Two of the actors, Sean Bean and Orlando Bloom, have been caught between two landslides and are now trapped in a tiny town in the middle of the South Island. They have been taken in by a kindly woman who has offered them food and a bed. They were last reported to be cooking spaghetti and cracking into a bottle of red wine.” Has BeensTwoLastsActorsTakenMiddleBedRedTownsCookingWineSouthCaughtTinyIslandsBottlesTrappedBeansSeanSpaghettiRed WineOrlandoLandslides Author:Peter Jackson
“Being large and muscular, you are not taken very seriously as an actor. When bigger roles come up and the actor needs to be muscular they tend to cast a regular sized actor and get him to hit the weight program as opposed to hiring an actor who's already muscular and developed in that area.” NeedsActorsRolesTakenAreasProgramWeightBiggerCastsCome UpHiring Author:James Preston Rogers
“I'd like to be taken in charge of as an actor, not to be abandoned with asinine dialogue and meaningless actions or stereotyped characters. I'd like to feel like I'm in a character driven story.” FeelsCharacterStoriesActionActorsTakenDrivenDialogueMeaninglessAbandoned Author:Xavier Dolan
“It's an absolute blast to be a voice actor, but also kinda scary that the vocal baby you just birthed out at a mic is then taken by other folks and becomes something else.” ActorsVoiceTakenBabyAbsolutesFolksScaryVocalBlastMics Author:Roger Craig Smith
“I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent.” ThinkingWaySelfPlayWantedUsedArtistActorsKnowingTakenTalentComfortableSexualityCracksDisguiseDiminishThespiansTrotting Author:Halle Berry
“In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They didn't like the political point of view. The picture was taken off immediately and was never sold to television. A while ago it was brought in and opened in five theatres in Paris, as a new movie. They had a big gala opening where I appeared and people were absolutely crazy about it.” PeopleBigsPoliticalActorsViewsTakenFiveCrazyTelevisionPoint Of ViewTheatreOpeningParisMovie Author:Ingrid Bergman
“The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.” IfsThinkingMightWould BeUsedActorsTakenBrotherChicagoSwingsRogerBruises Author:Gene Siskel
“Also, to get to work with serious filmmakers on this kind of a movie, has elevated these movies. We were so lucky, as actors, that the crew of directors that we've gotten to work with are totally really super high-end filmmakers. But, Bill Condon had a vision and it was so specific. He's really passionate. I think he's taken the story to another level.” ThinkingKindEndsStoriesActorsLevelsVisionTakenSeriousLuckyDirectorsBillsPassionateFilmmakerCrewSo Lucky Author:Elizabeth Reaser
“We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,' say: 'In my present state of agitation, I can't see clearly, I can't judge clearly; I am only a tragic actor who is declaiming for his own ears.' Then you will see the lights in the theater go out for lack of an audience, and the brilliant sets will be nothing more than painted cardboard.” I CanStatesLightPassionActorsAudienceTakenJudgingEarsTheaterRefuseBrilliantTragicDespiseEloquenceAgitationFalse Friends Author:Emile Chartier
“My mother, Evelyn, was an actress and singer, and my father, Jack, was an actor. My earliest recollection of my father is being taken to see him in a matinee.” MotherActorsFatherTakenActressesSingersRecollection Author:David Cassidy
“I'm so blessed to have been a working actor. If they still would like to make me a superstar, I'm available, but so far, being a working actor has been great. It's taken me everywhere.” IfsHas BeensStillsActorsTakenBlessedAvailableSuperstar Author:Patrick Fabian