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Actors Quotes by Philip Seymour Hoffman
- My favorite thing about acting is being alone and going through the scripts and working on it and getting ideas and asking myself questions, looking…
- Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the expectations I have…
- I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.
- I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like,…
- I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.
- Actors are responsible to the people we play.
- It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.
- You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.
- Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all…
- Actors are investigators.
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- I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. — Amitabh Bachchan
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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
- As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times.… — Kevin Bacon
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — 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 that, reaching… — Kevin Bacon