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I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I think any time that you imagine that it's plain sailing for hereon in, then you're kidding yourself.

Hugh Dancy

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Actor

Profession

You have to be selfish to be an actor.

Charles Dance

Actor

I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.

Charles Dance

Actor

Want

One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles I've played, I'm kind of amazed at all the wonderful adventures I've had and the different things I've learned.

Willem Dafoe

Actor

Being

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.

I didn't set out to make this kind of picture. It just came my way. But its been going on for me for 16 years now and its wonderful for an actor to work consistently. There seems to be an insatiable audience for this type of film.

The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.

Cyril Cusack

Actor

Identity

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

Kieran Culkin

Actor

I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.

Tom Cruise

Power

Actor

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, "This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever."

But I'm very happy to work within tight parameters, and when you know you have an actor for two days, and you have to get that work done in two days, that focuses the mind wonderfully.

Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.

My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it.