"An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to……" — Alan Bates

"An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor."

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12 Quotes by Alan Bates

Alan Bates has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches…
I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you.
I think that can happen, that two people can love each other and not be able to get on at…
People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do.
You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is…
I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for some people.
I've never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I've always thought that love is about two different…
No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such…
Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches you most-even…
You can't always go by the book, even in comedy.
You've got to have steel in you somewhere.

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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different… — Kevin Bacon
I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act. — Kevin Bacon
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into… — Kevin Bacon

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