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“As in a theatre, the eyes of men, after a well-graced actor leaves the stage, are idly bent on him that enters next.”
William Shakespeare
“An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.”
Francois Truffaut
“I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.”
Anthony Burgess
“The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.”
Reese Witherspoon
“I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.”
Jon Stewart
“If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.”
William Hazlitt
“The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am-it seems I change every day.”
Leonardo DiCaprio
“My advice to actresses is don't worry about your looks. The very thing that makes you unhappy in your appearance may be the one thing to make you a star.”
Estelle Winwood
“Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.”
Thornton Wilder
“The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.”
Sam Rayburn
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