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Eric Balfour

(1977) Actor United States

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Eric Balfour is an actor from the United States.

Quick Facts About Eric Balfour

Born: April 24, 1977
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor

About Eric Balfour

Eric Salter Balfour is an American actor. He made his film debut in the Lifetime movie No One Would Tell in 1996, followed by the drama Shattered Image (1998), followed by roles in What Women Want (2000), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), and Rise of the Gargoyles (2009). His roles on television include Milo Pressman on the action-thriller TV series 24, a recurring role in the drama Six Feet Under as Gabriel Dimas, Duke Crocker in Haven, Eddie on The OC, and as Boone in Country Comfort.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Eric Balfour

A lot of why we become actors is to fill a void that we have and a part of that void is…

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Having been an actor, I always want to leave room for the actors to find their comfort zone, so I don't like…

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As an artist, you're always trying to reach a new height, do something new, try something you haven't done before, and push…

Always trying

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One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors.

Actors

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As an actor, I've always paid attention on sets. I've always watched, learned and listened, and you start to see things differently.…

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By nature, I'm very care-taking. There's something really beautiful about cooking for someone and feeding them.

About

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I already love acting and I love actors, so being able to communicate with actors and to bring performances out of them,…

Able

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Directing is something that I'd been wanting and hoping to do, as I've grown into myself.

Hope

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I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the…

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The minute you try to do something that is not true to you, is not something that you really know about, and…

Knows

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The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters.

Always

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To whatever degree you have as a celebrity or notoriety, there are people who see you as an opinion leader.

Celebrity

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I'm such an L.A. boy, I love hanging out by the beach and throwing some steaks on the grill.

Beach

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Stepping out of the director's chair completely and into a scene as an actor was weird. It was more excitement about directing…

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As you get older and you hopefully battle your own demons, you find other reasons why you want to be an actor.…

Actor

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If you felt like you've done the best thing you could possibly ever do, it's probably time to hang up your spurs…

Best things

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As a director, you want to be really connected to every part of your set, from your actors all the way to…

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My family is Native American, and I was raised with Native American ceremonies.

American

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Nothing is worse for me, as an actor, than when I walk on a set and the director goes, "Okay, you're going…

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The beauty of every experience you have is that hopefully you'll learn something from it.

Beauty

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I've had the experience of seeing what makes life easier for an actor and for the crew, and what makes it feel…

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'Skyline' is an alien invasion film that really takes an interesting look at the genre. The writers did an amazing job of…

Alien

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Unless you're a directing producer of a television show, for the most part, the director comes in one week to direct and…

Direct

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There are always going to be people who are more famous and more bankable than you, and then conversely, you may be…

Jobs

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I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you…

Behinds

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