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Acting Quotes

"To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new"

"For me, pressure is self-imposed, and it's good for me. The best actors are the most prepared because it's all imaginary and you have to know the character inside out"

"I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker"

"The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it."

"My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go. The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people."

"Playing a bad guy is always more fun than playing the good guy"

"One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price"

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there "

"We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was; the truth is physically demanding is climbing a mountain."

"I don’t want to be just an actor. I want to be an artist, and there’s a big difference."

"I need to have a bit of distance from the way I personally feel about things in order to stay fresh as an actor"

"I always knew I wanted to be an actor, so I had a passion for it, and it felt like I would have this little sinking feeling if I didn’t do it."

"Good acting should teach people to understand each other better"

"The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers, are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor."

"Most of the early part of my career, I was always looking for the same inner life in my characters."

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