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“The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.”

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Author:Dean Norris

“In LA, too many people want to go the quickest route from A to B. Method acting offers them that.”

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Author:Corin Nemec

“I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is.”

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Author:Chris O'Dowd

“My whole thing is I want to have a backup plan because maybe I won't get another acting job after 'Fame', maybe I'll want to give up on acting in five years or whatever and I want to have something else that I enjoy just as much as I enjoy acting.”

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Author:Kay Panabaker

“I've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean, I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep.”

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Author:Megan Fox

“If you want to be an actor, you have to do it because you love acting, not because you want to be a celebrity.”

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Author:Alfonso Ribeiro

“For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.”

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Author:Giovanni Ribisi

“When I was a kid, I was into psychological thrillers. When I was 12, my favorite movie was 'Thirteen.' I just really liked movies that showed an extreme range in acting. That's what made me want to become an actress.”

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Author:Leven Rambin

“I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to forget that it's me, that fame will stand in the way of my acting. I want to keep being able to change into different shapes and different personalities.”

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Author:Noomi Rapace

“That was the beginning of modern acting for me. You don't have to tell a camera everything. It gets bored if you do and wants to look elsewhere.”

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Author:Stephen Rea

“I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.”

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Author:Gabourey Sidibe

“If you accentuate yourself, thinking or acting like you are important, then you must want to look good to someone in this world. In order to impress or sway anybody in this world, you have to be in this world yourself.”

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Author:Frederick Lenz

“The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.”

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Author:Pope Francis

“I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.”

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Author:Aaron Tveit

“Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.”

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Author:Olivia Thirlby

“Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it's more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.”

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Author:James Franco

“I don't remember a time when I wasn't acting. I have taken time off to figure out if it's what I really want to do, and it is. The only other job I'd want is to be a psychologist, as I spend most of my time analyzing people and emotions.”

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Author:Evan Rachel Wood

“I also want to get out there in the world and do some acting and fashion and modeling.”

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Author:Nastia Liukin

“You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.”

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Author:Nicholas Lea

“I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting. The way that actors talk about acting is generally quite punishing, and I think actors want to put forward the idea that they do all of this work because, you know, it's a post-De Niro world, when, largely, in fact, it's almost never true.”

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Author:Ben Mendelsohn

“Sometimes fake laughing is hard once you’ve done a scene 18 times. I don’t want to brag, but I have a reputation for being very, very good at that. It’s funny finding what’s challenging about acting as you go.”

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Author:Allison Williams

“I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that theatre can contribute to a certain analysis and commentary on our own world.”

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Author:Elliot Cowan

“I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.”

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Author:Art Alexakis

“I learned a valuable lesson doing 'Mr. Sunshine,' which is that I didn't want to be in charge because it's too much. Being in charge and acting in every scene was just too difficult. It's like eating dinner in a moving golf cart every night.”

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Author:Matthew Perry

“If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.”

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Author:Zoe Kazan

“I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun. I feel like that could even help me with modeling, because in a way you have to act.”

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Author:Jacquelyn Jablonski

“I didn't want to break with my family. I wasn't about to make waves. But I had this feeling I wanted to do something that I liked to do. Acting's what I liked to do most. There must have been a moment when I felt, 'Oh, my God, I like this and what am I going to do about it?”

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Author:Charles Kimbrough

“I've been chasing my music dream for a very long time and the acting dream just came up. But there are musical things I want to show the world, so that's my next step.”

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Author:Roshon Fegan

“Eventually, I want to be a creative producer that isn't in things. The acting is more of a secondary thing for me now.”

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Author:Jason Gann

“Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure about it - not because I didn't like it, but I didn't want people to think I hadn't earned it.”

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Author:Bill Skarsgard

“It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I was in it because I had a passion, not because my parents wanted me to make money. If other kids want to do it, and they really like acting, go for it.”

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Author:Alanna Ubach