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Actor Quotes by Gerard Butler

10 Actor quotes by Gerard Butler

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If you’ve ever wondered how a Hollywood leading man frames his work, this handful of Butler’s own words offers a direct glimpse. The selection is concise, yet each line pulls back the curtain on his approach to embodying characters, handling pressure, and staying authentic on set.

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I wasn't going to be an actor. I was going to be a lawyer. I came from a family just above working…

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The problem with my mind is it sways from side to side. The idea of me fantasizing about becoming an actor quickly…

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I think it's one of the nicest privileges as an actor is to know that you can move people in one moment,…

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So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I…

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I see a lot of actors for whom life becomes one big schedule. I guess I try to be more sensitive to…

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I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to…

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I do get stressed at times, but I love what I do as an actor. This is the part that I don't…

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One thing I've learned as an actor as well as a producer is to trust my own instinct. When I first started…

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So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I…

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I don't know whether it's spiritual development or trying to learn the psychologically with being an actor, but I realise the more…

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I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through…

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I wasn't going to be an actor. I was going to be a lawyer. I came from a family just above working class, just…

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Generally I don't like doing remakes, but I think that's more in the cynical world of Hollywood where normally remakes are purely for commercial…

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I think some parts of the American justice system have gone haywire.

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I am for equal opportunities. Why should it be the guy's job to kiss? If a woman wants to kiss she should totally do…

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When I'm 80 and sagging all over, I can tell my grandkids, 'Look, when I was a lad, 'People' magazine thought I was sexy!'

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I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary…

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By that point, I had started taking singing lessons. And after the first session, I mean, I was surprised that the windows didn't shatter.…

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Angelina came up, and as soon as we said hello, I thought, This is going to be great. I'm really going to love doing…

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The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in…

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I love to do films of all shapes and sizes and feelings and genres. So for me to go from Tomb Raider straight into…

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I wear a lot of Brioni and Ferragamo and Dolce, all of those kind of things.

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