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An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

~Alec Guinness

Topics: Actor Appearance Bearing Critical Diction Ego Exposed His Intellect Judgment Personality Short Total Totally Vulnerable Whole

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I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

~Alec Guinness

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Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

~Alec Guinness

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I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.

~Alejandro Amenabar

Topics: Actor Because Change Controlling Encourage Even Exactly Exactly What Instance Me Need Person Say Script Some Surprise Talk Tell Them Verses Very Want

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I began to learn about the camera and the actors. That gave me a lot of the skills. At the same time, advertising gives you a lot of vices, for example, an obsession for a superficial look, but at the same time, it gives you the capacity to synthesize the story - tell a story in one minute.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: About Actor Advertising Began Camera Capacity Example For Example Gave Gives Learn Look Lot Me Minute Obsession One Minute Same Same Time Skills Story Superficial Tell Time Vices You

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Directing non-actors is difficult. Directing actors in a foreign language is even more difficult. Directing non-actors in a language that you yourself don't understand is the craziest thing you can possibly think of.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: Actor Craziest Difficult Directing Even Foreign Foreign Language Language More Possibly Thing Think Understand You Yourself

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For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: Actor Ask Demands Honest Serve Talent Terrified Them To Be Honest Truth Were

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To direct actors is difficult. To direct actors in another language is more difficult, but directing non-actors in another language is one of the craziest things that I have done and one of the most rewarding experiences I have had.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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Actors are exposed in a way that nobody else can understand. They are subject to the likes and dislikes of people their entire life, no matter how successful they are. At the same time, in order to be liked, you have to not be yourself. So it's a very complicated human exercise - an alchemy that I have never understood.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: Actor Alchemy Be Yourself Complicated Dislikes Else Entire Entire Life Exercise Exposed How Human Life Liked Likes Matter Never Nobody Nobody Else Order People Same Same Time Subject Successful Time Understand Understood Very Way You Yourself

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I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: Actor Always Because Comedy Considered Drama He Keaton Michael Phenomenal

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