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Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.
Anthony Mackie
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Anthony Mackie
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: September 23
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New Orleans
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Anthony Dwane Mackie
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Practice your improv more than learn your lines. 'Cause there's no way you'll be able to learn all those lines in a short time. You have to realize what you know and what you don't know - and what you don't know, just come up with three alternate lines or improv that you can put in that spot.
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I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.
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With all the movies I've done, I still get recognized from my episode of 'Law & Order' more than anything else. It never fails.
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I would love to be a superhero.
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Not too many people can say they love what they do and they really like the people they work with.
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Hollywood's a business, and until someone puts their finger on you and decides you're the guy who's going to carry that movie, it's not going to happen.
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Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? I made that decision when I went to Juilliard. I wanted to be an actor. So, if I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I’m going to do that.
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Playing somebody who's real, you can bring all kind of nuances and things to him that you get from source material and things like that, but the more popular or known the person is, the more impossible it is. To get it right, that is the goal.
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