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They made a fatal mistake in ...

They made a fatal mistake in doing 'Psycho' again. Why do that? Why revisit something that stands for itself?

Martin Landau 28 quotes

I'm a big believer that an ac...

I'm a big believer that an actor should be able to pick up any piece of material and act it, the way a good musician can.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

Years ago on TV, I played peo...

Years ago on TV, I played people like Doc Holliday and Jesse James on Westerns.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

'Mission' was a mind game. Th...

'Mission' was a mind game. The ideal mission was getting in and getting out without anyone ever knowing we were there.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

For my generation of actors, ...

For my generation of actors, it was about the theatre. Television didn't exist. Coaxial cable didn't exist.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

A lot of the time with an ind...

A lot of the time with an independent production, you go onto the set, and you rehearse it in front of the crew, and at that point, the cinematographer takes over. You start accommodating the camera instead of the camera accommodating you.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

I've always felt, pound for p...

I've always felt, pound for pound, I'm one of the best guys around; but you get stuck in people's eyes in a certain way, and it takes an imaginative director who will look at you and realize you can play different kinds of parts because you are an actor.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

If I were a writer, the Pulit...

If I were a writer, the Pulitzer Prize would be important to me. This is my profession, so an Oscar is important.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

As a young actor, I was worki...

As a young actor, I was working much more readily and being offered more things.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

To really have craft, you mus...

To really have craft, you must be able to repeat something as one has to do in films.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

A lot of the bad guys I've pl...

A lot of the bad guys I've played just haven't had much dimension to them.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

The fact that I wound up doin...

The fact that I wound up doing television and film was just a thing that happened, but I was trained for the theater, and what goes on in the theater has nothing to do with special effects.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

My technique has always been ...

My technique has always been to include all the periphery around me.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

If it bothers me on the page,...

If it bothers me on the page, I don't do it. If it attracts me on the page and moves me, makes me think a bit, makes me laugh, makes me cry, I'm interested in it. If it's there on the page, it means it's there and up to me to bring it out. I have done some films along the way that have been screwed up and not as good as they read. Some films that are not that good on the page turn into good movies. So I'm fallible is what I'm saying.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

I try to never repeat a chara...

I try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

People are in denial all the ...

People are in denial all the time, hiding things. If I tell you a racist or dirty joke and you laugh, you're telling me something about yourself, which you don't want to reveal. Accessing that hidden side is what good acting is all about. And there are only a handful of people in the entire United States who interest me as actors, who surprise me. Even people who write about it, don't know anything about good performance. At least when you work at General Motors, you know something about cars.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

An awful lot of actors who ar...

An awful lot of actors who are considered very good actors are not very good actors. There are people who just strike gold, they have intrinsic talent, but the point is that if they did train, it would not inhibit them. If they were with a good teacher, it would only broaden them more.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

Most acting today on televisi...

Most acting today on television is like a locomotive on a track. Everybody knows what they are doing. The problem of writing today is everyone sounds the same. We speak differently. We think differently. People are different. And that's the beauty of it.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

What I'm saying not a lot of ...

What I'm saying not a lot of people say: What is considered good acting today isn't necessarily good acting, because everybody knows what they are doing. Doubt is an important part of the human being. Trust has to be attained.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

It's better to live as your o...

It's better to live as your own man, than as a fool in someone else's dream.

Martin Landau 28 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....