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Acting Quotes
"Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks."
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Benedict Cumberbatch
"Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be."
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Helen Mirren
"I'm not here just to be sexy, I really love acting"
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Jason Momoa
"Being an actor is like being a magician. You show something to the audience, but you never reveal the secrets."
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Gary Oldman
"Everybody has a different process. For me, playing a role is gaining a new understanding of who I am."
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Samuel L. Jackson
"I think when you have to do 20 takes for a scene, it gets a little gratuitous there."
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Will Ferrell
"I made the decision I would act in films if I could act in the theater too"
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Ethan Hawke
"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there "
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Meryl Streep
"Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four."
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Katherine Hepburn
"You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes."
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Jessica Alba
"I wish I could speak Spanish because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles."
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Jessica Alba
"One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price"
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Robert De Niro
"I think the greatest fear of being an actor is being boring"
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Joaquin Phoenix
"Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on"
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Joaquin Phoenix
"The essence of acting is to communicate to every audience member."
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Loretta Young
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