#act

I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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I try to get the best performance an actor can give. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

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Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors. ↗

— Gene Hackman

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I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#agents #deal #fame #i #lawyers

I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to New York to be an actor. And then seven years later, I got my first job. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#came #first #four #got #half

You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, 'Why didn't I choose something else?' But overall I'm pretty satisfied that I made the right choice when I decided to be an actor. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#actor #awful #career #choice #choose

Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact. ↗

— Jane Haddam

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I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

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I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

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I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

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