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I don't think anybody planned for me to be an actor. I didn't. I didn't know this was what I was going to do.
The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.
I can now shed the child-actor thing, like the fat, and start a new career, because no one sees me as Dudley.
I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.
Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.
It's part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.
I know what I like in other actors: truth. That's the best. It makes you say, 'OK, I'll go with you on this.'
I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I'm sensitive to it.
I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.
I've never done anything comedic. In all the years I've been an actor, I've never delivered one comedic line.
Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
I'm such a fan of actors, and also enjoy watching them work, so that I can help their acting in any way I can.
The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC.
If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now?
A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there.
I'm a huge fan of John Malkovich and Josh Brolin, and Michael Shannon has got to be one of my favorite actors.
I'm an actor, because I get to see other sides of life and I get to be other people and it excites me so much.
I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.
Unfortunately, I feel as actors we have to fight for the right to really go in as many directions as possible.
The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.
As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.
I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things.
I'm glad that I'm being acclaimed as an actor. Today, when my hard work has paid off I can chill out about it.
I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.
Well, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor.
If you want to be an actor, you have to do it because you love acting, not because you want to be a celebrity.
You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be open to every experience.
For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that.
From 1980 to 1990, I shot more films than any other actor in the Screen Actors Guild, apart from Gene Hackman.
Every time I'm shooting a movie I want to kill myself. Because I don't see the light in the end of the tunnel.
I am really attracted to films. It's nice to do something new, all the time. That's why I like being an actor.
To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them.
As an actor, that's nerve-wracking enough [drunk and doing coke] because you have to do it at the right level.
I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.
I always found it really funny when actors would come offstage, smoking cigarettes and swearing at each other.
It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.
Some of the actors that I love most have challenged themselves throughout their entire career. That's my goal.
The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
I always try to keep the confidence of the actors, and try my best to make them feel comfortable or confident.
Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.
I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.
We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.
Sometimes some of the best moments are contributed by the actors being creative, with their own improvisations.
It's not often as an actor you get to be involved with a project that seems to be on the right side of history.
I don't think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You can't kiss a movie.
As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.
I think actors really like to know what does a casting agent really think or what does a composer really think.
I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor.