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“After 118 days on the picket lines, the longest such strike in Hollywood’s history, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.”
— WILL BEDINGFIELD, Angela Watercutter, Hollywood Actors Strike Ends With a Deal That Will Impact AI and Streaming for Decades
Tagged: strike, Union, Hollywood, actors, Writers
“The series will live in the lion’s den with Joe, explore how he became Joe Exotic, and how he lost himself to a character of his own creation.”
— Variety , Justin Kroll, Joe Otterson, Nicolas Cage to Play ‘Tiger King’s’ Joe Exotic in Scripted Series From ‘American Vandal’ Showrunner(EXCLUSIVE)
Tagged: Tiger King, Nicolas Cage , Series , actors
“They see the world like us: malleable for the better, beautifully complicated, and filled with stories that need to be told.”
— Danielle Kwateng-Clark, Teen Vogue, Meet Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood Class of 2020
Tagged: Beautiful, Hollywood, actors
“NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' has added comedians Chloe Fineman, Shane Gillis and Bowen Yang as featured players for the upcoming 45th season.”
— Whitney Friedlander, CNN, 'Saturday Night Live' adds 3 cast members
Tagged: nbc, SNL, Cast , actors
“Eric: Tom Cruise is going to play Pablo Escobar? C'mon, the guy's not even Hispanic.

Ari: Yeah, and Hilary Swank has a vagina, but she won an Oscar pretending she has a dick. That's what actors do. They pretend.”
— Ari Gold, Entourage, Season 2: The Boys Are Back in Town
Tagged: actors, Pretend, Tom Cruise, Hispanic, pretending
“Vince: That's what good actors do, they listen. Right, Johnny?

Johnny: What?”
— Johnny "Drama" Chase, Entourage, Season 1: Entourage
Tagged: Listening, actors, Response
“All directors are pricks.”
— Johnny "Drama" Chase, Entourage, Season 1: Entourage
Tagged: directors, Pricks, Acting, actors
“I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here.”
— Griffin Mill, The Player
Tagged: writer, Artistic Process, actors, directors, Automation
“Audiences don't know somebody sits down and writes a picture; they think the actors make it up as they go along.”
— Joe Gillis, Sunset Boulevard
Tagged: screenwriters, audiences, actors
“Well... guess he won't need me anymore. What does an actor want with a conscience, anyway?”
— Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited), Pinocchio
Tagged: actors, Conscience
“If you want to be an actor, you want to be an actor because it wakes you up at two in the morning and burns inside your soul.”
— Goddard Fulton, Unscripted, Season 1: Unscripted 01
Tagged: Acting, actors
“Kristie Alley: I want my own television show. Is it so much to ask if I want my own television show again, since that's what I do for a living?

Sam Rascal: The reality is if you wanna get your own show, you're gonna have to lose some weight.

Kirstie Alley: Well, why can't I just get a show first and then lose the weight.

Sam Rascal: That's not the way it works, my friend.

Kirstie Alley: You know what, my friend, it does work that way with the guys. I mean, look at John Goodman, he's got his own show! And Jason Alexander? He looks like a fricken bowling ball, and how about James Gadol... uh... fino! He's like the size of a whale. He is way, way, way fatter than I am! Alright? And do you think... Sam, listen to me, listen to me! Do you think they said to Marlon Brando, listen, hey Marlon, you're a little bit too fuckin' fat to do Apocalypse.

Sam Rascal: But they are all men.

Kirstie Alley: I can play a man! I am an actress.”
— Kirstie Alley, Fat Actress, Season 1: Big Butts
Tagged: feminism, Show Business, Reality TV, actress, actors, Womanhood, Television, fat, humor, Sassy, Sexism
“Eight years after entering Atlanta on horseback — only to watch that horse get devoured by zombies — Andrew Lincoln is finally riding off into the sunset.”
— Dalton Ross, Here's what happened on Andrew Lincoln's last day of 'The Walking Dead'
Tagged: Television, actors
“We’re actors. If we didn’t exist, how would people know who to vote for?”
— Jenna Maroney, 30 Rock, Season 3: Reunion
Tagged: actors, voting
“It's not going to do me any damage to speak out for what's right.”
— Michael Muhney, Michael Muhney Interview: The Young and the Restless
Tagged: The Young And The Restless Quotes, TV Quotes, actors, interviews
“Certain things that I may say could handicap me for the entirety of my career in daytime and my association with winning an emmy. I don't care.”
— Michael Muhney, Michael Muhney Interview: The Young and the Restless
Tagged: The Young And The Restless Quotes, TV Quotes, actors, interviews
“An actor should always keep his mouth shut.”
— Groucho Marx, The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx
Tagged: actors, shut up
“I have no advice to give to young actors. To young, struggling actresses, my advice is to keep struggling. If you struggle long enough, you will never get in trouble and if you never get in trouble, you will never be much of an actress.”
— Groucho Marx, The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx
Tagged: actors, actresses, Advice, Struggling
“Vincent Price was never a crush. He was my Gemini brother. I loved his nasty humor and his with and intelligence.”
— Jane Russell, My Path and My Detours: An Autobiography
Tagged: actors, crushes
“I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.”
— Paul Lynde, the Ultimate Book of Quotations
Tagged: actors, Church

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