An actor is an proverb

 An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays.

 The myth that your waiter in New York is an actor is true. It's a very difficult, competitive business to be in. As an actor, you have to think of the art and the love of doing plays and creating characters...and there's some part of you that has to function in this world of commerce.

 Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.

 "To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done."

 I never intended to cast a well-known actor. A known actor comes with baggage, and Superman as a character is much larger than any actor. I wanted him to come just with the baggage of the superhero. That's enough history to contend with.

 My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?

 Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando. And in the shrinking world of sound bites, the Internet, and other mass media, there were going to be fewer actors and more personalities.

 [Help was at hand, however, in the person of McMillan, a Canadian stage star who has acted professionally in Pittsburgh before.] With Richard, we've [landed] on our feet, ... a great comic actor, a great physical actor, and very intelligent.

 I got my award for special contributions, and I'm hanging around backstage. I found out, months later, that when I was nominated for Supporting Actor, they figured I didn't have a chance, the other guys had too much background. When they got to Supporting Actor, they practically threw me out on the stage.

 The critics said, 'Well, Arnold can't be an administrator, he's an actor. Arnold can't be an environmentalist, he's an actor. Arnold can't be a governor, he's an actor,'
  Jay Leno

 He kept saying that he was a better actor than he was a director, and that he was the worst actor in the room. That's what makes you want to work for him. He's the most modest star I know.

 I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

 Pex Tufvesson goes by the name Mahoney in the demo world.

 Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week.

 I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead.

 Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead.
  Louise Brooks


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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


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