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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

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I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.

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An action committed in anger,is an action doom to failure.
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I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

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I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

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I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation.

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You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.

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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

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As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.

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So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

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As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

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Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I want to earn my stripes.

Actor Any Cringe Earn
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As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with.

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I have to work extra hard because I am dyslexic. People said that I couldn't be an actress, but I'm proving them wrong. Acting has helped me overcome the challenge.

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You know, film is the ultimate goal in an actor's career. I mean, I still love TV. I have my feet firmly stamped in it. But my opportunities have been bigger and better.

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I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

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There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.

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A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.

Imperative Represented Objectively Necessary
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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

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I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.

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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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I think one of the reasons that I got so good at it, as somebody making radio stories, is that on the radio I can actually - I can understand what's happening in the interview and can make a connection in a way that makes sense.

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Don't act like you are rich. Be yourself, not an actor.

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My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

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A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.

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Comparison is an act of violence against the self.
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When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.

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When you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get a job. Just to get a job. Any job. Whatsoever. You don't think that people are going to see you in a certain way.

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Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes - that's what it is, as an actor.

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The reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put truth on the screen. I want real women to see real women on the screen.

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I've always felt like I was an actor for hire. And almost apologetic for being a woman of color, trying to stifle that voice. But I don't feel that way in Shondaland. I feel like I am accepted into a world where I'm a part of the narrative - I'm a part of it.

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I didn't aspire to be just a celebrity; I aspired to be an actress... I always wanted to be respected as someone who knew their craft.

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Every job I've ever gotten has transformed me in some way as an actor.
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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.

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You want to be able to really tackle a character and make it a fully-dimensional human being who is complicated, funny, and all the things that a person could be. If you can achieve that, you feel great. You so rarely get to do that as an actress in general, but as a black actress, it's almost never.

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Vanity destroys your work. That's the one thing you have to let go of as an actor. I don't care how sexy or beautiful any woman is. At the end of the day, she has to take her makeup off. At the end of the day, she's more than just pretty.

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I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'

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“I’m sometimes accused of drug trafficking. It’s an activity that for the time being, historically, shall we say has been declared illegal. It’s illegal at the moment, but in the long run and in the future, we’re going to show that it will head toward legalization.”

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“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
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I am not a Nigerian Youth Leader. I am not an activist. I am nothing you want me to be. I am at best like you, a Nigerian citizen

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My sister wanted to be an actress, but she never made it. She does live in a trailer. She got halfway. She's an actress, she just never gets called to the set.

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Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

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Though I may not be a king in my future life, so much the better: I shall nevertheless live an active life and, on top of it, earn less ingratitude.

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The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

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Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.

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As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

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Who is an actor – a soul in a living body that is plagued with emotions. The only way to let it out is to constantly display.

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At every point in time as an actor, ensure you put in your best in whatever you do.
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If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

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Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the emotions.

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