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I don't do so much acting work now, as there aren't the parts except for 'Tango'. So if I didn't have the cabaret work, I don't know what I would be doing.

~Anne Reid

Topics: Acting Cabaret Doing Except Know Much Now Parts Tango Work Would

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The experience of having a child does crack you wide open. I felt like I suddenly had to rebuild the skin that I'd grown over the years before having a child. Perhaps that might be quite interesting in terms of acting.

~Anne-Marie Duff

Topics: Acting Before Child Crack Does Experience Felt Grown Had Having Interesting Like Might Open Over Perhaps Quite Rebuild Skin Suddenly Terms Wide Years You

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Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

~Annette Bening

Topics: About Acting Being Being Famous Exploring Famous Human Human Soul Soul

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I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it.

~Annette Bening

Topics: Able About Acting Another Another Way Being Camera Certainly Close Down Good Good Acting Hearing Hopefully Liberating Like Mask More Movie Off Putting Remember Right Say See Someone Soul Taking Terrifying Than True Truly Way You Your I Remember

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I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky.

~Annette Bening

Topics: Acting Always Beings Chaos Children Home Human Human Beings Interesting Just Knew Life Love Lucky My Life Relation Wanted Wonderful

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Getting all dressed up and putting on fancy clothes - all of that's a great thing, but oddly, it doesn't really have a lot to do with acting most of the time.

~Annette Bening

Topics: Acting Clothes Dressed Fancy Getting Great Great Thing Lot Most Oddly Putting Really Thing Time Up

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I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me.

~Annette Bening

Topics: Acting Craft Everything Intoxicating Learning Love Me New Process Project Totally Whole I Love

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I think in the past, around the time that method acting became so prevalent, it used to be that American actors were thought to be the kind that would work more from the inside out, and that the English actors worked more from the outside in.

~Annette Bening

Topics: Acting Actor American Around Became English In The Past Inside Kind Method More Out Outside Past Think Thought Time Used Were Work Worked Would I Think

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Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point of view. You're fighting for what they want. You learn that in acting school - it's Acting 1A: 'What do you want? What's in the way?'

~Annette Bening

Topics: Acting Acting School Attorney Being Defend Defense End Fighting Job Learn Like Point Point Of View Really Role Said School Smart Somebody Something Up View Want Way You Your

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To me, I didn't think of acting as being a young thing only.

~Annette Bening

Topics: Acting Being Me Only Thing Think Young

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