"It's tricky with monologues, and I never like to use that word. Like I told the actors, you are talking to somebody; there is no such thing as a monologue."
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"Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I don't even know how to describe."
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"I know, as an actor, I don't like sharing everything with the director. And it's fine if they don't with me."
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"What's a celebrity anyway? Paris Hilton's a celebrity. I'm just a working actor."
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"The beauty of being an actor in a horror film is that you know what to expect and what's coming."
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"I just want to be remembered as a great actor."
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"For the longest time I have had so much belief and confidence in myself, which as an actor you need, because the entertainment industry is incredible competitive, brutal, and unpredictable just when you start to think you know what's going on."
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"Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again."
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"Being the actors of the craft, the trade, one of the big things you do and you learn is about repeating. There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating."
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"If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it's just great fodder for you. It's wonderful source stuff that we die for."
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"Certainly the movies were always in the air for me. I come from the era when actors thought it was a big deal to be in the movies."
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"[Marlon] Brando's a giant on every level. When he acts it's as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors."
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"An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he's in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying."
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"I'm excited to flex my Broadway muscles - it keeps you alive as an actor."
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"No one else in my family is an actor or aspires to be, and most of my friends aren't actors. Most of my friends are the people that I grew up with back in Georgia. It's really helpful to be surrounded by a world that's bigger than the entertainment industry."
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"Dude, I didn't say Jude Law can't act. I didn't say Jude Law was in bad movies. I just said he's in every movie."
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"Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor."
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"Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life."
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"The actors have confidence in me to let me lead them to unexpected things."
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"If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a very good actor in that way. I can't fake it."
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