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When you're in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they're so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool.

The thing about being an actor is that you're in the business of not growing up.

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.

I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.

The whole point about becoming an actor is variety and changing roles.

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that.

Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.

As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial.

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop.

There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why you get rhetoric.

I was always enamored with TV shows and movies. But you didn't grow up in my town and turn into an actor.

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.

Just look at the messages today's media are sending everybody, from TV and commercials to actors and singers. Kids are just drowning in that 24-7 and it's getting really bad.

There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.