"I be goofy, kinda funny. Acting stupid but they love me."
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"If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent."
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"Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is."
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"Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?"
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"When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that what you say is so important the whole world must listen."
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"But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known."
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"I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done."
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"I'm not sure that acting is something for a grown man to be doing."
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"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion."
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"Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself."
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"The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer pilgrimage. One can have one without the other. It is best to have both."
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"In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage."
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"A good director creates an environment which gives the actor the encouragement to fly."
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"Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely."
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"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."
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"Only a great actor finds the difficulties of the actor's art infinite."
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"Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that a cow will back up to them."
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"That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it."
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"Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self."
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"It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent."
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