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Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.


Patricia Clarkson
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I like to work on records when I feel inspired, not because it's expected of me.


Robbie Robertson
Tags: Work Me Like
I liked science very much. A science teacher in high school inspired me, and because of him, I began studying science at the university. But when I got there... well, the subject still attracted me a lot, but I had to do all these exams, and it was just like working in an office. I couldn't stand that.
Theo Jansen
I remember I was so crabby in my third trimester - I got gestational diabetes because I'd been acting like I was in a one-woman pie-eating contest.
Caroline Rhea
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People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice.
Melanie Griffith
Tags: Work You People
No one ever let me be a bad guy once I started working more frequently after I got out of college and started pursuing acting. I just got all of the good-guy roles because if I walk in the room, not a lot of people believe me as a bad guy.
Tom Everett Scott
Tags: People Me Just
What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
Octavia Spencer
Tags: You People Me
I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.
James Stewart
Tags: People Me Always
I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.
Jon Hamm
I've gotten pretty good with a tray between acting jobs. In fact, when I got the TV show 'Gravity' I was still doing my catering work. I told my director I had to miss rehearsal because I had to work a party. He was like, 'You're on TV. You need to get over that.'
Seth Numrich
Tags: Good Work You
When I was younger, it was really difficult for me to get acting jobs, because you're a kid and you don't fit in the typical family.
Crystal Lowe
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I like characters that make me feel challenged and sort of inspired.


Paul Dano
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I think acting is a fun thing because you get to have so many lifetimes in one lifetime, being all these different people.
Riley Keough
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It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.
Garrett Hedlund
Tags: Funny Me Who
I had been a real problem child, but once I got into acting, my parents never had any more trouble with me because all of that energy was directed in a positive way.
Patricia Richardson
I have great respect for actors like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman who went to school the entire time they were acting. All I did was one small little independent film, and I realised I couldn't balance both lives.
Nikki Reed
I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she is still doing the same thing.
Lindsay Lohan
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Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I'm just another schmuck that they're bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.
Robert Downey, Jr.
Tags: Me Like Just
If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it.
Hunter Tylo
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When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.
Joe Manganiello
Tags: Change People Me