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title: "9 Old Actors Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [Some people think we're 25-year-old actors who don't live in Laguna. Some don't even think Kristin's my real name. I'm like, 'No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cavallari/some-people-think-we-re-25-year-old-actors-who-don-t-live-in-laguna/)

[Kristin Cavallari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cavallari/)

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> [Old actors never die, they don't even fade away. They're always available.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-johnson/old-actors-never-die-they-don-t-even-fade-away-they-re-always/)

[Russell Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-johnson/)

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> [People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-douglas/people-are-always-talking-about-the-old-days-they-say-that-the-old/)

[Kirk Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-douglas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/kirk-douglas-4420_about_people-are-always-talking-about-the-old_547045.jpg)

> [I have forgiven all the old actors for dying. A new one comes on with the same lines, like large white growths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-sexton/i-have-forgiven-all-the-old-actors-for-dying-a-new-one-comes-on-with/)

[Anne Sexton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-sexton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/anne-sexton-645_acting_i-have-forgiven-all-the-old-actors-for-d_38416.png)

> [It's true that old actors don't die, their parts get smaller. You're less likely to get the part, many parts, if you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-finney/it-s-true-that-old-actors-don-t-die-their-parts-get-smaller-you-re/)

[Albert Finney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-finney/)

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> [The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/the-old-actors-in-the-old-days-they-used-to-go-on-tour-to-get-the/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/tom-courtenay-34985_actors_the-old-actors-in-the-old-days-they-used_3205113.jpg)

> [For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mckellen/for-old-actors-just-remember-that-inside-you-re-only-14-acting-is-for/)

[Ian Mckellen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mckellen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/ian-mckellen-1396_acting_for-old-actors-just-remember-that-inside_1757890.jpg)

> [Old politicians, like old actors, revive in the limelight. The vacancy which afflicts them in private momentarily lifts when, oncemore, they feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-muggeridge/old-politicians-like-old-actors-revive-in-the-limelight-the-vacancy/)

[Malcolm Muggeridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-muggeridge/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/malcolm-muggeridge-2370_actors_old-politicians-like-old-actors-revive-i_1675084.jpg)

> [I try to give my work everything I've got, because when you're dead or you're out of the business or you're in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-try-to-give-my-work-everything-i-ve-got-because-when-you-re-dead-or/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

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