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Actor Quotes by Alec Guinness
- I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.
- Much of the day I have busied myself making notes on the small parts in Shakespeare, often nameless, which are rewarding to the actor if…
- An Actor is an interpreter of other men's words, often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare not, a craftsman,…
- Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.
- An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and hell to mesmerize…
- An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short,…
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- Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him. — Kevin Bacon
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- 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
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