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The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.

Talcott Parsons

Actor

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.

Molly Parker

Actor

I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for.

Christopher Parker

Actor

Kids

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.

I've been on jobs where there's that one actor who is just a miserable, miserable no-good, dirty bastard, and it just turns the whole process sour.

Joe Pantoliano

Actor

Jobs

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Actor

Celebrity

I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

Clive Owen

Actor

Research

Films were never in my budget. Didn't occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I've had and I'm having as an actor. I didn't expect the rest.

I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.

If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.