"Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess."
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"Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of everything except what you want and need - and it's wonderful in that way. And when it's right, you're lost in the moment."
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"When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next."
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"You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control of your own performance."
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"Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically."
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"Actors are one family over the entire world."
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"A strange thing happens to me that I'm sure happens to a lot of actors when the camera starts rolling. I'm not 'me' any more."
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"As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating."
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"But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more."
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"I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do."
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"Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it's one of the most simple forms of storytelling."
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"I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor."
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"It wasn't like a "I know I wanted to do this," I was sort of just - I was five and my dad kinda said hey, you wanna be an actor and I said sure."
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"I don't really think of myself as an actor."
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"I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap."
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"Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child."
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"Actors are always outsiders. It's necessary to be able to interpret - and that gets distorted when you become famous."
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"I hope to see more programming, more shows, more actors of mixed ethnicity, more young kids of mixed ethnicity choosing to be in the entertainment industry."
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"Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them."
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"You have to trust your instincts. There is a moment when an actor has it, and he knows it."
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