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It's true that the skills required to be a conman are the same as those required for being an actor. Though those skills are in the service of something a bit more noble with acting, I hope.

— John C. Reilly

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.

— Colin Morgan

Roles make the actor.

— Hill Harper

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

— Ice T

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

— Stephen Collins

Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.

— Xavier Samuel

Actors are actors, and there should be a complete fluidity for anyone to play anything.

— Eddie Redmayne

As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.

— Talisa Soto

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

— Luke Evans

In most professions, you build up confidence and a sense of achievement as you go along, but that's really not true for acting.

— Song Hye-kyo

✗Opposing Perspectives

Actors are con men and con men are actors.

— Edward Burns