"Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much."
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"[To the British actor who annoyed her by repeated references to his busy 'shedule':] I think you're full of skit."
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"One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, "The Sea Gull," when was 14 in the Bronx."
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"An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart."
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"Chicago actors are hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're self-demanding."
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"Every time I am reading actors I can pretty well tell which ones have studied with Meisner. It is because they are honest and simple and don't lay on complications that aren't necessary."
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"It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations."
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"I consider it an actor going to work with other actors. It's not a competitive sport, it's not to outact anybody else, sorta thing, you can be a bad actor but you don't outact anybody, you just bring your character as best as you can."
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"I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there."
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"A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part."
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"Worship isn't God's show. God is the audience. God's watching. The congregation, they are the actors in this drama. Worship is their show. And the minister is just reminding the people of their forgotten lines."
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"I'm practically an actor. Even when you do an interview, it's like you're performing a little bit, so yeah, I'm enjoying it, it's fun."
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"Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are like generals. It's a bit like a small war on that level. The great ones have that combination of freedom and control. I'm nowhere near that. There's still so much to do as an actor. I have enough to explore with that."
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"I was a serious method actor until I visited this site."
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"My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that."
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"FDR used to say, 'You and I are the two best actors in America'."
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"On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person."
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"I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I am. I am going to be that."
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"There are actors who aren't on the cover of magazines but still decide what work they want and when they want it. I want a family one day. So I dream of really being able to decide when to work and when not to."
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"Irish as a person but I feel Jewish as an actor."
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