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5960 Actor Quotes

A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.

Great obstacle Happiness Expect
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Learn to value yourself by fighting for your happiness.

Learn to Value Fighting Happiness
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The tree that does not support us when we lean on it cannot kill us when it falls on us.

The tree Support us Lean Kill
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Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
Your smile Positive countenance Comfortable
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I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself.

Across Acting Actually Been
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I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.
Even Feel I Feel Like
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A lot of the people in San Francisco think of themselves as healers - not just as people delivering this base service, but giving their clients spiritual help. It's almost like being an actor, playing a different part for each trick.

Actor Almost Base Being
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I become kind of obsessive about research.
About Become Kind Obsessive
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I was kind of scared of failing at acting.
Acting Failing Kind Scared
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When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

Crazy Does Even Get
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I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.

Accents Different Irish Italian
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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 Bad Braces Child
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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.

Acting Always Art Art Form
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It's hard when you're doing a film based on a true story to really figure out what all those relationships were.

Based Doing Figure Film
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When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way.

Actor Appreciated Back Bit
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I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.
Am Going Guy His
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But I don't want to die! I have so much to do!

Die Much Want Do
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If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.

Because Does Doing Good
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It feels really sad, to me, to go to a dark bedroom. It's like surrendering to the night or something.

Bedroom Dark Feels Go
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The general view is that actors start on soaps and then maybe graduate to prime-time television or film; normally you don't see a film actor going to do a soap.

Actor Actor Film General
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I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.

Angeles English Film Going
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I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself during that time.

Acting After Educating English
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Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.

Another Any Direction Having
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When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.

About Based Film Film School
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One of the things I've learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that's an actor I'm working with, the subject matter, or a book.

Actor Admire Aspect Book
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If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

Before Film Like Morning
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I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
Big Guy Sweater Cardigan
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There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you.

Around Because Care Directing
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When I was starting out, doing guest spots on TV, and even commercials, I would go in with a whole crazy wardrobe and some terrible accent. Obviously, I was doing too much. If you bring too much flavor to it, it's absurd. There's something to just being spontaneous.

Absurd Accent Being Bring
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You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.

Actor Certain Get Hard
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I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.
Book Every Fan His
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I don't go on vacation. I don't really need vacation.
Go Need Really Vacation
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I feel like because I've done more gay characters, gay scenes, or gay projects than most straight actors, people see it as some sort of mission. It's more of a case-by-case basis, and just trying to capture figures that I love. I guess that a lot of the figures that I love were gay.

Actor Basis Because Capture
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There's a tacit belief that actors shouldn't write books, they're sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot of skepticism, and they shouldn't do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers.

Actor Allowed Area Artwork
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There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.

Back Cows Like Nothing
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God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

America Australia Bless Christ
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The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

Criticism Down Driven Highest
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I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

Away Call Demands Give
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I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.

Divide Feel Here Learn
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If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it.
Factor Get Reading Than
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People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

Accuse Arrogant Being Focused
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Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I've stopped reading things now. I do worry about my family though. Some people do try some nasty things to get at them and try and get a reaction from them.

About Family Get Immediate
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When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents.

Embarrass Kid Little LittleKid
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Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.
Actor Another Entertainer Know
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I have respect for beer.

Beer Respect
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I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

Attracted Cannot Defeat Destined
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There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.

Bad Explanation How Mathematical
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Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip.

Been Else Everyone EveryoneElse
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I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

About Attractive Because Committed
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I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

Acting Anyone Box Certainly
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