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And because performing for a game involves real acting. The way they create a game is very similar now to how they create a film. I've always wanted to stretch my acting skills, and the timing being what it is, I couldn't say no.
Josie Maran
My experiences and training back at drama school were very enlightening. I always believe in improving, be it kathak or my acting skills, and would want to experiment more when it comes to work.
Jiah Khan
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I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.


Larry Hagman
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My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing. There's a whole range of acting skills, and some people can be astonishing with very poor material. That's not me; my skill is essentially unlocking the writing.
Lindsay Duncan
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I hope to be still acting when I'm 70 on TV, film and theatre.


Keeley Hawes
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My karate skills are very limited. I'm a green belt.


Molly Quinn
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That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.
Parminder Nagra
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Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.
Tom Felton
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My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.
Franka Potente
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I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations.


Alfred Molina
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Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want to see someone who clearly can cry at the drop of a hat. That's so uninteresting.
Kristen Stewart
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'Angus' was my first real film, but I had been acting for about 3 threes before that as well.


Chris Owen
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Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.
Jeremy Davies
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Through acting and film, I felt that my life had a sense to it. I felt I had a mission.


Cecilia Roth
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The deceptive, glossy media images of faces, bodies and social lifestyles, make us hate ourselves so we will buy a solution to love ourselves once again.
Bryant H. McGill
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I think there are certain technical things about acting that change between working in film and television. Everything definitely slows down and we have more time in film.
Thomas McDonell
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The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of having seen me in a film. Acting is about being other people, and music is about being myself.
Riz Ahmed
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I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.
Miranda Richardson
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Acting for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money.
James Spader
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I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.
A. R. Rahman
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