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I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to the end.

~Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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As an actor, you just like to be able to play as much range. I just want to be invisible. I want to be able to be perceived as an artist as opposed to 'a black actor': that's the joy.

~Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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I grew up watching 'Rambo' and 'Rocky' and all of those movies, so you have a surreal moment, even as an actor, when you're in front of these guys, whether it's DeNiro or Stallone. You have a moment like, 'Geez, that's Sylvester Stallone,' and then you have to snap out of it and get back in the pocket of the character.

~Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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The practice of pumping up before the scene, especially if you've got your shirt off, most actors will do that.

~Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.

~Adhir Kalyan

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All of the actors that have served to me as inspiration over the years have been those more associated with dramatic work who have, in turn, been able to embody their characters and lose themselves in those characters that they create.

~Adhir Kalyan

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The opportunity to completely become someone else and inhabit them is something that has always fascinated me greatly as an actor. With a bit of fortune, a few more of those opportunities will lie waiting for me in the future.

~Adhir Kalyan

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You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

~Adrian Grenier

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If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor, you know them so well, almost as well or better than their spouse. You have to know them, warts and all.

~Adrian Lyne

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I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize.

~Adrian Lyne

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