You could say I have quite a nice-guy image as an actor and I wanted to do something new, something that might break that mold a bit. I saw how Billy Bob Thornton, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck were suddenly praised because they made films. I don't think you get respect as an actor in this town unless you're Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks. But you get respect as a filmmaker.
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He is possibly the most accomplished screen actor in the country. He has an intimacy with the camera which is rare in the world. He is also very reliable, is always good on every take.
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An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.
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Not only is he an actor, but Ken is such a good singer. When you have those sorts of talents, it is hard not to want to do it. Ken is also, if you remember, he built the Tin Man costume. He is very, very crafty... He gets to do some dancing in this one, which is not what he would consider his forte.
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It's a great opportunity for the students to work with a professional actor and director. Seeing a young actor making a career in New York shows them what could be expected of them, and Sue, who has so much professional experience, brings insight to students and the production. The caliber of the show has increased because of them.
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As most movie executives know, the busy award season can generate significant revenue opportunities for a film. Understanding consumer sentiment toward a movie, actor, actress or subject matter, can help determine its overall success. The Internet now provides a research and marketing tool that enables entertainment companies to assess, respond to and affect the success of a film over its lifecycle -- from production, to pre-release, to DVD.
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It's a miracle to be able make a living in a non-humiliating way as an actor.
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If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes.
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Every actor has to establish a presence that not only fits the overall needs of the story but allows him to interact with other actors in a credible and meaningful way. Every actor wants to work under conditions and with material that enables them to create and use their craft.
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It's a case that had everything,.. There's multiple murders, there's a famous former football player who had become an actor, there are drugs, there's sex, there's violence, there's interracial marriage.
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I had a fantasy of being a pro baseball player, and I've gotten to play a Major League Baseball player (in 1992's 'Mr. Baseball'),.. I loved Westerns as a little kid and I get to do them. I even get to die as an actor and then you just go home and have dinner. It's great. So now, I'm not a candidate, but I play one on TV and I'll be home for dinner.
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When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like.
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No, I kick Jim's (expletive)... He's a terrific actor and wonderful singer, but I think that the musical stuff was maybe better served by me.
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There's always been the educational process of teaching people that I sing, that I've sung all my life and that I'm not an actor who just decided to sing,.. I consider myself a singer first.
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As a human being, you are certainly entitled to your own opinion. It's just that you're blown out of proportion in the media sometimes. Even if I weren't an actor, I'd still be active in things that are important to me.
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I view the whole thing as a collaboration. As an actor, I always found that to be the most freeing thing, when the director would collaborate with you, so that together you'd come up with something exponentially better.
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[In a mild surprise, Tony Shalhoub was honored as best actor in a musical or comedy TV series for his title role in] Monk... God bless the planet earth.
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In prep for the role, the young actor has to 'lift weights and I hate it,' he says. 'I'm in New York seeing friends and I have to go off and lift weights for two hours. I'm not exactly in great shape. Your body hurts every day, but that pain is good, I suppose.' Grace says his commitments to 'Spider-Man 3' will take up about twelve months.
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I am doing these things, looking for this material, because they work for me as an actor. Through authenticity you get authority. This deepens the experience of the part.
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It's really a chance for playwrights to get to hear their plays read and to hear actor, director and audience reaction.
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They deserve what they get when they give a ham actor, a petulant child, complete control of an expensive picture
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I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.
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Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.
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I had three major scenes with Denzel. He's a genuine working actor, more concerned with the quality of the scene than his own ego.
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Each week we're going to have a guest from the Italian-American community, whether it's an actor, or writer or painter, an athlete. And we're going to do a thing called 'What's Your Beef?' People call in and complain to us about potholes and government and whatever they want to complain about.
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