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I never was able to do karate. That's calling me a good actor. I act like I can do anything.
Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.
An actor must read a lot. Books not only make one a good actor but also a better human being.
A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.
In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.
The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say.
Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.
I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.
I feel there are only well acted or badly acted roles and no such thing as a good actor or actress.
I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
I think I'm a good actor, but to replicate tens of thousands of man hours in surgery is really hard.
I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for it.
You can never write off a good actor, look at Arshad Warsi, one 'Munna Bhai' and he's back in business.
The fire within you as an actor should always keep burning. That should be the mantra for any good actor.
I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one of my films.
I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.
There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity.
I've said this so many times but there's a magic when you have a really good actor in a really good makeup.
Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.
But I was always an actor, and I kept telling myself that there will be a day when I will become a good actor.
The word 'star' doesn't mean an awful lot to me. 'Good actor' and having the respect of one's peers means more.
There are definitely reasons to do certain things, but I like to stick to good director, good actor, good script.
I still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.
I don't consider myself a very good actor. I'm not bad, but there's not a lot of range in characterizations for me.
I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.
To stand up against Amitabh Bachchan in 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan,' you need to be a good actor to be able to do that.
Trying to be a good actor has to be involved with placing yourself imaginatively in different people's circumstances.
If I want to be remembered, I want to be known as a good actor. As times change, we, as actors, need to adapt with it.
These days, I pay attention to my eating habits and avoid junk food, but looks are not that important to be a good actor.
To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when you're on your own.
To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.
Having a good actor as co-star is always a pleasure, as it gives you space to perform. It's nice to work with nice actors.
All you can hope for when you get a book adapted for TV is that you get a good actor and not some muppet off 'EastEnders.'
I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising people.
Being a good actor is incredibly difficult. But the amount of responsibility is so much less on your shoulders than directing.
You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to anything.
Being a good actor is sort of understanding the complexity of the human psyche and also knowing that we are none of us perfect.
It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.
I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.
Sidney Poitier, who is class personified, said: 'Lou, you're a leading man because you're a good actor.' Brought tears to my eyes.
If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.
A good actor just wants to deliver the writing to the audience who've paid that night. There's an agonising desire to get it right.
I never thought about being the highest paid. I just wanted to be someone that people cared about watching, and I feel I'm a good actor.
Only a good actor has an edge over a weak actor. A hardworking actor has an edge over a lazy actor. Nationality has nothing to do with it.
I'm safe where I'm at just being the guy where people go, 'That's a really good actor. What's his name again?' I liked being at that place.
He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.
There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.
To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.'
I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do.