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It's like playing tennis, you play a different rally with different people. Every actor is diffe... TOM HIDDLESTON
I certainly don't like to play a bad guy. There are no bad people. It's only shades of grey.... PAWAN KALYAN I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
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When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's someb... CLINT EASTWOOD My tendency as an actor is, when there's a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to co...
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Every project is a new challenge for an actor. If it's not, it's boring. STEPHANIE SIGMAN
I think it's an actor's responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the pe... JOHNNY DEPP
My idea of an actor is to be different persons with different roles. Every time a script interests m... VIDYA BALAN That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and show...
LAURA OSNES I don't want to just play gay characters, ... I think it would get boring to play the same thing aga...
RUPERT EVERETT So it's like starting over again, but I look forward to the challenge.
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ED WESTWICK With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play...
JACK REYNOR When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many...
SIMON BAKER I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a cha...
VANESSA LENGIES
I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over... NATURI NAUGHTON It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do i...
GARRET DILLAHUNT Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most o...
ALEC GUINNESS
You know the way there are two kinds of actors - the De Niro kind who's always De Niro, and then... EMMA DONOGHUE
I enjoy dramatic narration, of course, because I'm an actor and I started as an actor. But I lov... PETER CULLEN
There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you ... DAVID SCHWIMMER
My favorite film of all time is 'Raising Arizona.' I watched it again as soon as it was over... EDGAR WRIGHT Writers witnessing actors read their stories will often come away very confused because they'll have...
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I used to have the same lunch every day, for 20 years, I guess, the same thing over and over again. ANDY WARHOL I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no ...
SAM CLAFLIN
There's so much emphasis on Daniel Day-Lewis and his process, which is appropriately his own. Bu... ADAM DRIVER In a weird way, it's good and bad being an insurance policy. Do I like to do it? No, because I know ...
RICH AURILIA Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that...
DAVID CARRADINE The truth of the matter is, I am a black woman, and I am an actor. I don't try to get caught up ...
CONDOLA RASHAD I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play...
CAMERON MONAGHAN I wouldn't like it. I just wouldn't like wearing the same things over and over again every day, ... ...
JUSTIN TAYLOR
here we were again , always saying good-bye MAGGIE STIEFVATER As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
TALISA SOTO I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted perfo...
T'KEYAH CRYSTAL KEYMAH
I'm not expecting much work in Hollywood, to be honest. People stick to film because they tend t... KIM CATTRALL I'll watch a Pixar movie over and over and over again. I'll be with friends of mine who have...
ZACHARY LEVI
I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that. DAVID OGDEN STIERS I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favor...
ZOE LISTER-JONES
Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts. SEAN BEAN My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely differ...
EDDIE MARSAN Frequently over the years, people have thought that they know me. Every character actor has this sto...
BETH GRANT For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it...
T. R. KNIGHT He's capable of putting up 20-25 on a given night. He waits his time and waits until it's needed. He...
JEFF BRINK I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also th...
KATHY BATES Actually it's a gift as an actor to cover such different parts of history. It's like time tr...
SEBASTIAN KOCH I have been very fortunate to be able to work and get the opportunity to play different roles. It...
TONY CURRAN It's tough. We're just going to have to start over again and take it one step at a time. Go up there...
BRANDON DUBINSKY I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. ...
HILARY DUFF
I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same... VINCE VAUGHN I'm an actor. It's like being a bricklayer. Sometimes I'm building a little wall, and th...
CORBIN BERNSEN Often I listen to songs on repeat for days and days at a time. There's something hypnotic or med...
ELEANOR CATTON I don't think there's room in video games for people to bring an ego. It's very frustrat...
NOLAN NORTH Going from a child actor to an adult actor is not an easy thing, and I was sort of lost in a no man&...
C. THOMAS HOWELL
Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' ... TIMOTHY OLYPHANT
It gets so boring you know just to do the same thing over and over again. JENNIFER ANISTON I still sing, but completely for my own pleasure. I play a nightclub singer in 'Sparkle,' bu...
LESLEY MANVILLE
It's really a drag to do the same project over and over again. DAVID JOHANSEN
I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to ... PATRICK WILSON fashion has a right to exist, because it permits people to define themselves over and over again.
ANN DEMEULEMEESTER Typically a person will play six to eight different games in a day, and normally there are two or th...
CARL OLSEN
I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that p... MIKE COLTER When I got to the reading all the work, I was reduced to being an actor in an experimental play that...
DAVID ANTIN I can't stand on the roadside and have Pani Puri like before. But, at the same time, being an ac...
KRITI SANON There are many actors who have inspired me: Spencer Tracy for his incredible elegance and, of course...
ALFRED MOLINA I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the ac...
KALI HAWK
Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fi... ANTHONY HOPKINS
Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time ELVIS PRESLEY Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of'...
TARAN KILLAM I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. I'm ...
HILARY DUFF
The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely... MERYL STREEP I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
SAKSHI TANWAR It would be a dream to do a film with Pedro Almodovar and that whole crew of Spaniards. There's ...
JULIE GONZALO
If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconi... MALCOLM MCDOWELL I've always wanted to be one of those actors who could change from character to character, like ...
KEVIN DANIELS
Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court sh... JAY-Z The movie truism is that stars play themselves, while actors play other people - troubled or toxic, ...
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BRANDON HOFER
I wake up and play a different person every day. Playing all these different characters and trying t... ELIZA DUSHKU For me, one of my favorites, director-wise, is Tim Burton. I also really admire the work of actors l...
COLIN MORGAN
All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never b... KIRK DOUGLAS Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure ...
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Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been loo... ADAM BRODY I didn't feel compromised as an actor, and allowed other people's fingerprints all over that...
GREGORY HARRISON
Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that... ALAN RICKMAN
In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories alw... DAVID SUZUKI
I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick... ACE FREHLEY I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and age...
GENE HACKMAN Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an act...
CATHERINE KEENER
You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor w... CLINT EASTWOOD
Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one projec... SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR I think that the more success you have as an actor, I think, the greatest advantage of being success...
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES
Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish perso... ISSA RAE
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is a movie that I just find flawless. Jack Nicholson..... MICHAEL BIEHN
Even though it's a shortened format of the game, Twenty20 allows people with different skills to... RAHUL DRAVID
It's not about winning or losing, really,” he’s saying. “It’s just the showing up every day.... JENNIFER E. SMITH This is what I have discovered - and it has been a gift in itself - that books live over and over ag...
RACHEL JOYCE It's a great challenge to get to play a real-life character. Every actor would love to get a cha...
MADHUR MITTAL
I've been waiting over 40 years to come to Cyprus, and it has not disappointed - the birthplace ... 
When I can 10 or 11, my mom was the one out there catching passes for me. She was my prime receiver. 
If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn... 
Global warming is not a conqueror to kneel before - but a challenge to rise to. A challenge we must ... 
Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understand... 
You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shou... 
Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it. 
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true profes... 
I don't believe there's two sides to every story. It's black and white. There's righ... 
If I keep God first in my life, if I keep my family and friends as second, and then I keep my occupa... 
Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology. 
After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas t... 
I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put... 
If someone plays a brooding actor in a film, people think they're brooding all the time. 
Any comic like myself owes everything he has to Lenny Bruce. He was the originator. The godfather of... 
As a quarterback, there's no better way to finish your year, in winning a Super Bowl, than with ... 
When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from... 
The sunrise was the colour of bad blood. It leaked out of the east and stained the dark sky red, mar... 
The first CD that I ever bought was 'Britney Spears.' It was at a 7-Eleven and I was like, &... 
I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned ... 
I'd much rather hang out in a cafe. That's where things are really happening. 
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. 
Carbs - especially pasta - are the fuel my body needs to maintain an athletic lifestyle. 
Don't be too busy earning a living to make any money. 
The only place I considered home was the boarding school in Yorkshire my parents sent me to. It'... 
I want each and every West Virginian to have bragging rights. I want to stop playing defense and sta... 
Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside... 
I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop mak... 
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. 
Of course you know, this means war. 
...Maude Harris told me that all was well with the world because medical science had profited by the... 
It takes time to save time. 
Thorough preparation makes its own luck. 
What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do. 
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. 
Any manager who can't get along with a .400 hitter is crazy. 
Dream the impossible dream, Fight the unbeatable foe, Strive with your last ounce of courage, to rea... 
If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it... 
You must sacrifice, train, do everything possible to put yourself in a position to win. But if you c... 
When you win nothing hurts. 
Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out. 
I honestly believed I would make it. I had the desire. A lot of people have the ability, but they do... 
Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain. 
Our value is the sum of our values. 
Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life. 
The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive. 
Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competit... 
Every man's got to figure to get beat sometime. 
A ball player has got to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That is why no boy from a rich fami... 
In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever. 
A committee of one gets things done. 
I don't remember, I didn't do it. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it 
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. 
It always takes awfully long time to understand unbelievably simple things. 
That was the age of great men, doing what was right. 
Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein. 
I know firsthand how agonizing waiting can be. 
We have reached an important milestone and achieved a new momentum in reaching a goal all Americans ... 
Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships t... 
Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent... 
The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those... 
We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and... 
My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner... 
No matter how civilized we are and how much society has curbed violent behavior. Human beings still ... 
The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the H... 
Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs... 
The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchangin... 
The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like every... 
The issue in Web accessibility is the fact that blind and visually-impaired people need the single b... 
Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special ed... 
I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.' 
I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with. 
Supercookies are legal, but I don't think they should be. 