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Dan Stevens Actor
Actors

""I've never see you do something like this before and I'd love to see you try." For a young actor, that's about the most exciting thing that anyone can say to you."

Trying Actors Young
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Benjamin Avila Artist, filmmaker
Actors

"I like getting carried away by what is happening and then decide each scene based on the actors, the set and the light."

Light Actors Scene
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Dee Wallace Actress
Actors

"If you take every challenge everyone has in their life and multiply it in severity you get what it's like in the life of an actor."

Ifs Actors Challenges
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Drake Doremus Director
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"It's really important to me that the actors bring a lot of elements of the characters to the process so they own it, so it's personal to them, so it's not just me saying, "You stand here, you say this, you do this, you feel this." No, you bring it up from in here and then let's work with that."

Character Important Actors
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Drake Doremus Director
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"I don't like to direct the actors by telling them what to do. If anything, it's reminding them where they are in the movie, what's happening emotionally and what they want in the scene."

Want Actors Scene
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"I think everything keeps changing. There was a time when television was a bad thing for actors and it meant that you could only do television, and now we see everyone does television."

Thinking Doe Actors
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Actors

"It's hard to find success and it's hard to find hit movies or hit TV shows and to stay relevant. I think it's a very difficult thing for actors, because a lot of us get lost, frankly."

Thinking Actors Tv Shows
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"Much of the time, as an actor, you sit around waiting. Most of your life and career, you’re waiting for your agent or your manager to call you."

Actors Careers Waiting
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Dylan Walsh Actor
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"It's funny when people ask an actor what they want to play next, because you don't get to decide what you play. I don't know. I can only say this: I don't want to and have no interest in playing a plastic surgeon. That's for sure. I'm open to anything else."

People Play Actors
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