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When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.

William H. Macy

Car

Actor

Living

Summer

I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.

I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.

When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.

Harold MacMillan

Actor

Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.

That's one of the reasons I wanted to be an actor, to be like them. And there they were at my table, all talking about how nervous they were, about the lines, and so forth. No matter how big you get, you still have the same kinds of anxieties and so forth.

Gavin MacLeod

Actor

Talking

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors.

If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor, you know them so well, almost as well or better than their spouse. You have to know them, warts and all.

Adrian Lyne

Actor

Fool

I think basically an actor is a salesman.

Paul Lynde

Actor

An actor shouldn't undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you're better off not knowing.

Paul Lynde

Actor

Psychoanalysis

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.

Bela Lugosi

Actor

Expression

The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.

Bela Lugosi