Actor Quotes by Peter Mullan

11 Actor quotes by Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan contributes eleven short reflections that reveal his take on acting. The collection is succinct yet resonant, giving readers a quick glimpse into his thoughts on performance and storytelling.

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Nine out of ten delinquents are frustrated actors.

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Most actors I know come from a screwed up background, so it makes sense that if you can walk on to a…

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In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time…

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I don't like the way some actors, when playing a nasty character, will try to grab hold of something good about them.

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If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to…

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If you go into a bank or a shop and you want them to believe that you're going to shoot them, that's…

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The fact in acting, you can tap into your darkest moments in life to your lightest moments. And people will watch it,…

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I'm not a huge kind of visual director. For me, it's all about the acting. There's no greater buzz than working with…

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Part of the reason why so many actors lose the plot when they go over to America is that they become part…

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I love acting. It's the one job I know of where you can go in, go through complete catharsis - emotionally, physically…

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The acting I got into by doing what we call pantomime, when I was sixteen. And, there were loads of very pretty…

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The Vatican has tried to condemn 'The Magdalene Sisters' as a pack of lies and that I've made it all up - I wish…

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Life is much weirder than fiction; nothing's more absurd.

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I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first…

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In terms of popular cinema, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is as near perfection as I can think of.

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