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title: "11 Real Actors Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaya-scodelario/it-was-hard-to-go-into-the-world-and-start-auditioning-as-real-actors/)

[Kaya Scodelario](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaya-scodelario/)

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> [If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-lowe/if-you-are-worried-about-what-people-think-of-you-you-should-go-into/)

[Rob Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-lowe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/rob-lowe-855_about_if-you-are-worried-about-what-people-thi_2654709.jpg)

> [Only amateurs put on shows, real actors act out their parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyssa-tillmon/only-amateurs-put-on-shows-real-actors-act-out-their-parts/)

[Alyssa Tillmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyssa-tillmon/)

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> [We cannot do justice to the deeds of former times if we do not in some degree remove ourselves from the circumstances…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-godwin/we-cannot-do-justice-to-the-deeds-of-former-times-if-we-do-not-in/)

[William Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-godwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/william-godwin-1978_circumstances_we-cannot-do-justice-to-the-deeds-of-for_2032073.png)

> [When real actors are approaching their work, we could be on a little stage somewhere, doing community theater. It's all the same.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-fuller/when-real-actors-are-approaching-their-work-we-could-be-on-a-little/)

[Kurt Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-fuller/)

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> [There's actors and actresses who I call 'Trailer Stars' because their importance is expressed by how big their trailers are. And then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/udo-kier/there-s-actors-and-actresses-who-i-call-trailer-stars-because-their/)

[Udo Kier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/udo-kier/)

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> [When I first watched 'Coraline,' I thought , 'If that ever got adapted...' If it was done by real actors, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maisie-williams/when-i-first-watched-coraline-i-thought-if-that-ever-got-adapted-if/)

[Maisie Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maisie-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/maisie-williams-3935_actor_when-i-first-watched-coraline-i-thought_1949441.png)

> [The Postal is a ruthless, Mad TV-type thing. We sent out a DVD to the South Park producers, and they liked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uwe-boll/the-postal-is-a-ruthless-mad-tv-type-thing-we-sent-out-a-dvd-to-the/)

[Uwe Boll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uwe-boll/)

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> [Real actors are the most courageous people I know. They dare to live vibrantly in the present and to state in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-silverberg/real-actors-are-the-most-courageous-people-i-know-they-dare-to-live/)

[Larry Silverberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-silverberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/larry-silverberg-100402_actors_real-actors-are-the-most-courageous-peop_597647.jpg)

> [People are very uncomfortable when you call actors artists because there are a lot of actors out there that aren't artists -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-gavaris/people-are-very-uncomfortable-when-you-call-actors-artists-because/)

[Jordan Gavaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-gavaris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/jordan-gavaris-15221_actor_people-are-very-uncomfortable-when-you-c_427177.jpg)

> [All the Warner actors were real actors. They started in theater and led very straightforward lives - you never saw entourages around.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-bacall/all-the-warner-actors-were-real-actors-they-started-in-theater-and/)

[Lauren Bacall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-bacall/)

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