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He completely lacked any ardent interest that might have occupied his mind. His interior life was im...

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Thomas MannBuddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of con...

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If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with h...

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The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a speciali...

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Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

In this business, until you're known as a monster, you're not a star

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor.

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

In musical performances one can sense that the person on stage is having a good time even if they're...

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I like Ryan Gosling as an actor. I watch all of his movies, and he's Canadian and I just like his sw...

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I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom li...

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I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.

I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form.

When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterpr...

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So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but...

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The most talented people are always the nicest.

My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't a...

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Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way o...

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As an actor and as a performer, I've felt that the education system has really helped me in a lot of...

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His intuition was luminous from the instant you met him. So was his intelligence. A lot of actors ac...

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The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food...

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My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a ta...

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We gotta be willing to let it hurt. You know, all this notion that acting is “yeah it’s pretend” and...

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I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He's a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.

When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one partic...

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I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have ...

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