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I`ve always been a character actor, although I`m not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes, so any time I say anything - even `pass the salt` - I have six subtexts, comments on what I really mean when I`m saying that. ...
Christopher Walken
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I get like 400 Holocaust scripts. That`s what you get for being the openly Jewish actress!
Natalie Portman
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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 outside myself for them and researching and getting to the bottom of something and being creative with it ...
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Keywords: about :: acting :: alone :: and :: asking :: being :: bottom :: creative :: favorite :: for :: getting :: going :: ideas :: is :: it :: looking :: my :: myself :: of :: on :: outside :: questions :: researching :: scripts :: something :: the :: them :: thing :: through :: to :: with :: workingSource: imdb.com
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I don`t think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones aren`t. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each proj...
Jonny Miller
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There`s a physicality and confidence to Americans; they`re very present. That`s something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you. Although an actor friend of mine visited recently and said, "It`s no wonder they write such terrible scripts these d...
Ioan Gruffudd
Keywords: actor :: although :: americans :: an :: and :: around :: because :: being :: confidence :: days :: enjoy :: friend :: it :: mine :: no :: of :: off :: on :: physicality :: present :: re :: recently :: rubs :: said :: scripts :: something :: such :: terrible :: that :: there :: these :: they :: to :: very :: visited :: wonder :: write :: youSource: imdb.com
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In 1978: "I`m looking forward to bigger parts in the future, but I`m not doing soft-core scripts where the character emerges in half-light, half-dressed."
Meryl Streep
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When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed. I really thought that after getting killed on The Sopranos" (1999) I should not accept scripts where I die. I mean, there`s nowhere to go after gettin...
Steve Buscemi
Keywords: 1999 :: accept :: after :: always :: beaten :: cast :: character :: die :: end :: flip :: get :: gets :: getting :: go :: if :: kille :: killed :: mean :: my :: not :: nowhere :: of :: on :: or :: really :: script :: scripts :: see :: should :: sopranos :: that :: the :: there :: thought :: to :: up :: when :: whereSource: imdb.com
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You get the Oscar and you get better scripts, better actors and better directors to work for and of course your salary goes up until you make your first mistake and then you have to start from the beginning again.
Rod Steiger
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[recalling his arrival in Hollywood] I told them I wanted to choose my scripts and my directors myself. "But sweetheart," they said, "you`re going to make a lot of mistakes." And I told them, "You don`t understand; I want to be free to do so."
Montgomery Clift
Keywords: and :: arrival :: be :: but :: choose :: directors :: do :: don :: free :: going :: his :: hollywood :: in :: lot :: make :: mistakes :: my :: myself :: of :: re :: recalling :: said :: scripts :: so :: sweetheart :: them :: they :: to :: told :: understand :: want :: wanted :: youSource: imdb.com
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When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I`ve been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible! It`s well known that actors are lousy writers.
Richard E. Grant
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In an ideal world, I`d bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts. A lot of Hollywood films tend to be bloated, bombastic, loud. At the same time, I do like the infrastructure of making a blockbuster; it`s like having a big...
David Yates
Keywords: an :: and :: at :: be :: between :: big :: bloated :: blockbuster :: bombastic :: bounce :: budget :: do :: dramas :: fantastic :: films :: having :: hollywood :: ideal :: in :: infrastructure :: it :: like :: lot :: loud :: making :: no :: of :: projects :: same :: scripts :: tend :: the :: time :: to :: train :: tv :: with :: worldSource: imdb.com
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Lot of the scripts I`ve been in with other non-white actors haven`t been great. Lot of non-white actors ain`t all that great.
Wesley Snipes
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[on The Godfather: Part III (1990)] You know what the problem with that film is? The real problem? Nobody wants to see Michael have retribution and feel guilty. That`s not who he is. In the other scripts, in Michael`s mind he is avenging his family and sa...
Al Pacino
Keywords: 1990 :: and :: avenging :: family :: feel :: film :: godfather :: guilty :: have :: he :: his :: iii :: in :: is :: know :: michael :: mind :: nobody :: not :: on :: other :: part :: problem :: real :: retribution :: saving :: scripts :: see :: that :: the :: them :: to :: wants :: what :: who :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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I have turned down quite a few scripts because I thought they were tinged with Communistic ideas ... I could never take any of this pinko mouthing very seriously, because I didn`t feel it was on the level. (October 1947)
Gary Cooper
Keywords: 1947 :: any :: because :: communistic :: could :: didn :: down :: feel :: few :: have :: ideas :: it :: level :: mouthing :: never :: october :: of :: on :: pinko :: quite :: scripts :: seriously :: take :: the :: they :: this :: thought :: tinged :: turned :: very :: was :: were :: withSource: imdb.com
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I like not knowing from one day to the next. It keeps me from thinking and allows me to just be in my character. Too much information restricts your creativity. [on working with Wong Kar-wai who doesn`t use scripts.]
Tony Wai
Keywords: allows :: and :: be :: character :: creativity :: day :: doesn :: from :: in :: information :: it :: just :: kar :: keeps :: knowing :: like :: me :: much :: my :: next :: not :: on :: one :: restricts :: scripts :: the :: thinking :: to :: too :: use :: wai :: who :: with :: wong :: working :: yourSource: imdb.com
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If I look back at the scripts I received after Napoleon Dynamite (2004), I think the town thought I had multiple personalities that were all a variation of that character. They probably just thought of me as someone their kids liked, but was more like the...
Jon Heder
Keywords: 2004 :: after :: all :: as :: at :: back :: but :: character :: dynamite :: goof :: had :: if :: just :: kids :: like :: liked :: look :: me :: more :: multiple :: napoleon :: of :: personalities :: probably :: received :: scripts :: someone :: that :: the :: their :: they :: think :: thought :: town :: variation :: was :: wereSource: imdb.com
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I don`t look at scripts. I just write them.
James Cameron
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[talking about how she choose the films she will be in]: "I have a weird process, but the main thing is like this: I hear her voice in my head. There are a lot of wonderful scripts my agents can`t believe I pass on, but I do because I can`t hear the voice...
Reese Witherspoon
Keywords: about :: agents :: are :: be :: because :: believe :: but :: can :: choose :: do :: does :: films :: have :: head :: hear :: her :: how :: in :: is :: it :: like :: lot :: main :: my :: of :: on :: pass :: process :: scripts :: she :: talking :: the :: there :: thing :: this :: voice :: weird :: will :: wonderfulSource: imdb.com
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On being typcast after Star Trek: "I`ve been getting a lot of science fiction scripts which contained variations on my Star Trek character and I`ve been turning them down. I strongly feel that the next role I do, I should not be wearing spandex."
Marina Sirtis
Keywords: after :: and :: be :: been :: being :: character :: contained :: do :: down :: feel :: fiction :: getting :: lot :: my :: next :: not :: of :: on :: role :: science :: scripts :: should :: spandex :: star :: strongly :: that :: the :: them :: trek :: turning :: typcast :: variations :: ve :: wearing :: whichSource: imdb.com
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On Being John Malkovich (1999): "It`s been said that in Hollywood there are only 14 different scripts. Well, this is number 15."
Cameron Diaz
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I`m 32. When I look back on my career, I like that I was so brazen in my 20s. I only wish there had been more of those kinds of hard-edged scripts available to me. - On his career (1998).
Jason Patric
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Ten, 15 years ago, Sly, Arnold, those guys, were well-built; of course, they had to act and find good scripts, but today action heroes don`t have to be Mr. Muscles. What really helps a guy to become an action hero today is the directing of the movie. All ...
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Keywords: 15 :: act :: action :: ago :: all :: an :: and :: arnold :: be :: become :: built :: but :: course :: directing :: don :: fast :: find :: good :: guy :: guys :: had :: have :: helps :: hero :: heroes :: is :: movie :: mr :: muscles :: of :: really :: scripts :: sly :: ten :: the :: they :: those :: to :: today :: well :: were :: what :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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I want to continue acting, but I want to be a director. I`d been thinking about it for a while. A couple of years ago, I decided it would be a different experience to work behind the camera. And I`d be able to work on scripts. But I like acting a lot. It`...
Heather O`Rourke
Keywords: able :: about :: acting :: ago :: and :: be :: been :: behind :: but :: camera :: continue :: couple :: decided :: different :: director :: experience :: for :: fun :: it :: like :: lot :: of :: on :: scripts :: the :: thinking :: to :: want :: while :: work :: would :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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I don`t intentionally choose movies that aren`t going to be successful commercially. It just happens that the most interesting scripts I read are outside the mainstream. I like characters who have an edge to them, who are going to do something unexpected.
Ed Harris
Keywords: an :: are :: aren :: be :: characters :: choose :: commercially :: do :: don :: edge :: going :: happens :: have :: intentionally :: interesting :: it :: just :: like :: mainstream :: most :: movies :: outside :: read :: scripts :: something :: successful :: that :: the :: them :: to :: unexpected :: whoSource: imdb.com
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I didn`t want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I`m interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along.
Stephen Rea
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I didn`t want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I`m interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along.
Stephen Rea
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I didn`t want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I`m interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along.
Stephen Rea
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I`m trying to choose scripts by character. I`m not so worried about creating a career. I want to create good roles, because ...I want to be the best actor I can be.
Josh Hartnett
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It was horrendous after I appeared in Tipping The Velvet - I didn`t work for eight months because I kept being sent scripts, the details of which I`ll spare you.
Rachael Stirling
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Back home, I do the same things every day. Exactly the same. I eat at the same time, I get up at the same time, I do the same things in the same order. I read. I have coffee. Then I study my scripts, I exercise on the treadmill, I make myself a little som...
Christopher Walken
