Actor Quote by Leon Askin Download Open image “A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak.” — Leon Askin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actor Considered Speak Used Way
To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in because somebody… — Kate Mulgrew Copy Share Image
It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a TV actor or… — Aaron Tveit Copy Share Image
Earlier, the notion was such that TV actors are overexposed and that they can't do films, but now it's not like that. — Hina Khan Copy Share Image
“the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike.” — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
When you saw Jon Lovitz or Dana Carvey or Phil Hartman doing something, they were acting. It was real acting. Like, they were acting… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
People pay far too much attention to the television and they're quite literal in some ways. At the beginning, when I was playing very… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
One must never comment as an actor, never show that a character is shallow or vindictive, but let that be conveyed. I mean, none… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
Tom Brokaw has friends who are actors, and yet he feels that, as bright as they are, they are not articulate. So he said… — Mariette Hartley Copy Share Image
In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in… — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My… — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air… — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But… — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean… — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as… — Adeel Akhtar Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in… — Annie Potts Copy Share Image
What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up in this… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image
I always remember what my dad told me when I decided to turn into an actor. He was emphatic that whatever I do, I… — Karthi Copy Share Image
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
My preference is for people who come to rehearsal and get into the ring. I like a muscular actor who's playful. — Joe Mantello Copy Share Image
An actor doesn't have a regular job. He is dependent upon the roles which are given him. — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
