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Actor Quotes

I’m not a great actor - let’s face it. I don’t have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I can do, but when I’m bad, I stink. There’s something about my shaggy dog eyes that makes people think I’m good. I’m not all that good Picture Quote #1

I would think, as an actor, it’s just much more fun to be the bad guy Picture Quote #1

Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I’m right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of the joke, because humor is 90% surprise. If they know what’s coming, they won’t laugh as hard Picture Quote #1

You see people, you judge. It’s just the human thing to do - good or bad, it’s a fact. Like when you get a coffee at Starbucks and the person is rude to you. My mom always says, ‘Yeah, but you don’t know what kind of day they’re having.’ You don’t know the back-story, and that’s why it’s so fun to be an actor and to get into the back-story Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn’t want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn’t be an actor if I didn’t get the braces. So, I got the braces Picture Quote #1

I always think that I’m the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor Picture Quote #1

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As an actor, you may do things that aren’t politically correct. Unless you’re an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don’t do the good, bad, and the ugly, we’re not going to progress Picture Quote #1

If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are Picture Quote #1

As the actor, you can’t go in saying, ‘I’m the bad guy.’ You’ve got to think your reasons for doing what you’re doing are good Picture Quote #1

You’ve got to not care about what people think. You learn that as an actor. If you get a bad review, will you be destroyed by it? Or will you think you’re God’s gift when you get a rave review? Picture Quote #1

I’ve done stuff to pay my dues and that’s what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I was 18 or 20 Picture Quote #1

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There’s the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive Picture Quote #1

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The only problem with Mitch [Pileggi, the actor who plays Skinner] is that his bald head means there’s nothing to hold onto when he starts to buck Picture Quote #1

All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you’re actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can’t do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life Picture Quote #1

If an actor is bored, then they are boring to an audience. I definitely don’t want to ever be that Picture Quote #1

Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in ‘Sophie’s Choice’ just kills me Picture Quote #1

As an actor, you’ve got to live and learn, and you gotta just kind of form a hard shell and be confident in yourself Picture Quote #1

It’s no fun to be a struggling young actor. It’s a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any alternative, you should take it Picture Quote #1

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I was heartbroken at the end of that, because I thought that was going to be it for me. Somehow I had worked my way into this movie and it had exposed me to people and I had a chance to be an actor, which I loved, but I didn’t think it was ever going to happen again Picture Quote #1

As an actor, you’re always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis Picture Quote #1

Always be original. Never duplicate what you’ve seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you’ve been given, and the rest will come easy Picture Quote #1

I’m a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I’d perform as an artist. It would have been something that would be outstanding in its own way Picture Quote #1

You cannot be the perfect wife, the perfect mother, and the perfect actor all at the same time Picture Quote #1

There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you’re acting because there’s no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I’ve never met before Picture Quote #1

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I grew up in this industry. I’m a third generation actor, and I believe strongly that life and career are two different things. Career is inside my life. I’m also a photographer, a pianist, and lots of different things, so my life consists of so many different elements that there are moments when I have to step away and be me Picture Quote #1

Maybe that’s my lot in life as an actor, to be the guy who gets crapped on everywhere he goes. Oh God Picture Quote #1

I don’t really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don’t have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training Picture Quote #1

I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don’t deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don’t even notice that that’s the thing Picture Quote #1

I think any actor should be aware of where they’re starting to stretch into what’s not truthful Picture Quote #1

You can be really weird, and people will still accept you if you’re in movies. I’m not actually weird, but if I feel like being weird, then I can do it, and they accept it because you’re an actor Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a great actor - let’s face it. I don’t have a great deal of scope. There are certain things I can do, but when I’m bad, I stink. There’s something about my shaggy dog eyes that makes people think I’m good. I’m not all that good. (Actor Quotes) I would think, as an actor, it’s just much more fun to be the bad guy (Actor Quotes) Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I’m right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of the joke, because humor is 90% surprise. If they know what’s coming, they won’t laugh as hard. (Actor Quotes) You see people, you judge. It’s just the human thing to do - good or bad, it’s a fact. Like when you get a coffee at Starbucks and the person is rude to you. My mom always says, ‘Yeah, but you don’t know what kind of day they’re having.’ You don’t know the back-story, and that’s why it’s so fun to be an actor and to get into the back-story. (Actor Quotes) When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn’t want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn’t be an actor if I didn’t get the braces. So, I got the braces. (Actor Quotes) I always think that I’m the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor. (Actor Quotes) As an actor, you may do things that aren’t politically correct. Unless you’re an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don’t do the good, bad, and the ugly, we’re not going to progress. (Actor Quotes) If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are (Actor Quotes) As the actor, you can’t go in saying, ‘I’m the bad guy.’ You’ve got to think your reasons for doing what you’re doing are good. (Actor Quotes) You’ve got to not care about what people think. You learn that as an actor. If you get a bad review, will you be destroyed by it? Or will you think you’re God’s gift when you get a rave review? (Actor Quotes) I’ve done stuff to pay my dues and that’s what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I was 18 or 20. (Actor Quotes) You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There’s the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive. (Actor Quotes) The only problem with Mitch [Pileggi, the actor who plays Skinner] is that his bald head means there’s nothing to hold onto when he starts to buck. (Actor Quotes) All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you’re actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can’t do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life. (Actor Quotes) If an actor is bored, then they are boring to an audience. I definitely don’t want to ever be that. (Actor Quotes) Meryl Streep is my favorite actor. She is so classy and a brilliant actress. Her performance in ‘Sophie’s Choice’ just kills me. (Actor Quotes) As an actor, you’ve got to live and learn, and you gotta just kind of form a hard shell and be confident in yourself. (Actor Quotes) It’s no fun to be a struggling young actor. It’s a desperate thing, no way to be happy. If you have any alternative, you should take it. (Actor Quotes) I was heartbroken at the end of that, because I thought that was going to be it for me. Somehow I had worked my way into this movie and it had exposed me to people and I had a chance to be an actor, which I loved, but I didn’t think it was ever going to happen again. (Actor Quotes) As an actor, you’re always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis. (Actor Quotes) Always be original. Never duplicate what you’ve seen another actor do. Be true to the character that you’ve been given, and the rest will come easy. (Actor Quotes) I’m a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I’d perform as an artist. It would have been something that would be outstanding in its own way. (Actor Quotes) You cannot be the perfect wife, the perfect mother, and the perfect actor all at the same time (Actor Quotes) There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you’re acting because there’s no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I’ve never met before. (Actor Quotes) I grew up in this industry. I’m a third generation actor, and I believe strongly that life and career are two different things. Career is inside my life. I’m also a photographer, a pianist, and lots of different things, so my life consists of so many different elements that there are moments when I have to step away and be me. (Actor Quotes) Maybe that’s my lot in life as an actor, to be the guy who gets crapped on everywhere he goes. Oh God. (Actor Quotes) I don’t really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don’t have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training. (Actor Quotes) I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don’t deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don’t even notice that that’s the thing. (Actor Quotes) I think any actor should be aware of where they’re starting to stretch into what’s not truthful. (Actor Quotes) You can be really weird, and people will still accept you if you’re in movies. I’m not actually weird, but if I feel like being weird, then I can do it, and they accept it because you’re an actor. (Actor Quotes)

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