“You’re a film actor, you’re a TV actor. To me, you’re an actor. Just act.” – Stanley Tucci
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“Generally, every morning, I have to start from scratch.” – Bill Nighy on Being an Actor
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“All I say is that if you HAVE to act, then you HAVE to make it happen.” – David Harbour
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“I felt like I understood them from the writing and I don’t make the job very complicated for myself as an actor.” – Ewan McGregor on ‘Fargo’
“I thought I was going to do theater and Broadway and stuff. But I kept going to see UCB shows and was such a fan I was like, ‘I should really just try this.'” – Shasheer Zamata
In this short video posted on The Atlantic, Carlson talks about his years working to try and get his clients wor
“I never expected to be as fortunate as I’ve been and I’ve been able to play all kinds of roles.” – Bill Nighy
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Hunnam also talks about working with Robert Pattinson and how his dreams of becoming a filmmaker shifted into his acting career.
Oyelowo explains how he approached a key scene where he had to give a speech defending his character to his people.
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“I see some people that have talent and something to offer but they get in their own f*cking way sometimes.” – Michael Shannon
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“I get to the theater two hours early and run the play in my head, because it’s a lot of words and it takes me there.” – Bobby Cannavale
Skarsgard talks how difficult it was to film the abuse scenes and why it is so important that he gained the trust of his co-star
I create a workbook by which I go through and write down everything every other character says about my character, what I say about myself and others
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“I still work pretty instinctually—it’s a little bit like hearing the rhythm of the character in your head.” – Michelle Pfeiffer
“I think in some ways the image I presented of myself throughout the years has caused people to have a hard time casting me” – Christina Ricci
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Murphy admits that despite his long list of credits he does not yet feel like an actor
“Even though you’re on a giant movie with a huge budget and strange costumes, you’re still on a hunt for the truth of the character…” – Chris Evans
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“There’s so much to nonverbal communication that I have yet to really understand as an actor” – Woody Harrelson
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“Television has decided that it will actually try to, as much as possible, make the world that it creates look like what the world actually looks like” – Joe Morton
Dern reveals that she is simply following the advice given to her by her actor parents, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, decades ago.
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