I don't get it. I just don't get it. If Art is supposed to imitate Life, why do they want all the actors to be thin? There are fat people in the world. Shouldn't there be a few of us actors to represent them?
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MARY STEENBURGEN If we dont error then how are we gonna know what needs to be repaired.If we dont get angry then how ... MICHAEL STRONG Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't wan... SEAN YOUNG I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about f... CORMAC MCCARTHY If I'm going to be honest about it, I think men get to do this sort of thing all the time. You l... REBECCA HALL People think that they are untouchable, but you will probably find that there lives are built around... GARY F EVANS... I would never advise anyone to stay in the closet to further their careers - I'm sure it leads t... BEN DANIELS I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be... MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD I always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that always judged actors so harshly... LISA KUDROW There are a few times where it looks like the actors are about to smile. JASON BALLWEBER The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER I'm respectful of other artists and I think there is a way to talk to actors to let them know they a... DEBBIE ALLEN If you dont get what you want,you wont want what you get. KENNETH ELLIOTT HUDSON Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. Yo... ANSEL ELGORT 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out. SOURCE UNKNOWN In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out. UNKNOWN In every fat book there is a thin book trying to get out. ANONYMOUS You're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. J.D. SALINGER How to get it, I annoy you??? You are not interested??? What's the idea??? DEYTH BANGER Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait...The truth is, there are only two things in... ROBERT ANTHONY I would be happy if they just gave out nominations and there weren't any Oscars. But winning the... WALTER MURCH To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 'I dont need it to be easy, I need it to be worth it LIL WAYNE Dont know why am different from other people, but i surely know that i think of the long run, i dont... OLASOT I think casting is important because if you get the right actors cast then you appear to be a much b... BRUCE BERESFORD I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, p... PATRICK STEWART Why dont we get drunk and screw? JIMMY BUFFETT There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type. NATALIE WOOD I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in th... IOAN GRUFFUDD The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 2... HARRIET WALTER You dont got to be the best, you just got to want it more than the next mother fucker CHRIS MACHADO There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars. KEVIN BACON Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS I don't wanna be lonely I just wanna be alone SILVERCHAIR I think that, often, actors represent what they're not. You get people who define the aristocrac... COLIN FIRTH I want to be honest, and even if that's scary, I know it's worth it. EMM GRYNER Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in da... DONALD SINDEN Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in da... NINON DE LENCLOS The biggest advice I gave them was just to enjoy it and have fun. When they run out there (today) I ... BRAD CLARK I have some director friends who have said that they don't really like working with actors - directo... BRUCE BERESFORD I know in Britain with 'Doctor Who' all the classic actors, and the people who you'd rea... BURN GORMAN Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people ne... JAMES MCAVOY (With people) if you want to save time, dont be efficient. With people, slow is
fast and fast is slo... STEPHEN COVEY dont wait for next minute, next hour, next day, next week, next year, just do it if you want to do i... ANON QUOTER You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS It's quite an exercise for the actors. It's a great little piece for the actors because they get to ... KATHY CLOPPER Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking acto... TINA FEY Its going to add more time to our trips, but I dont foresee it to be any more difficult than it is t... DAVID HUFFMAN I dont care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words. JOSH BILLINGS
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