Elwes Cary Quotes

#1. I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.

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#2. I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

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#3. I'm still learning, and that's what life is about.

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#4. The only topic you could not get Andre' to budge on was whether or not wrestling was fake or rehearsed in any way. I don't know if in Andre's case it was real, considering all the severe punishment he experienced, or whether he believed in the wrestler's code of never giving away trade secrets.

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#5. a veritable symphony of gastric distress that roared for more than several seconds and shook the very foundations of the wood and plaster set we were now grabbing on to out of sheer fear.

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#6. Treatise on the Science of Arms with Philosophical Dialogue

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#7. It should be noted that all hugs from Rob are bear hugs.

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#8. I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.

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#9. No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make them fascinating and that's how I tend to approach a character.

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#10. If you get into the area of judging the character you're playing you're getting into a sticky area.

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#11. Life will teach you, but you have to live long enough to get those lessons.

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#12. Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk,

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#13. I take away something from every role.

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#14. The visceral experience of seeing a movie in three dimensions, coming at you in the theater, is obviously here to stay, because it is a unique experience. I think that kind of format is only appropriate for some genres, but I'm all for it.

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#15. I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.

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#16. I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

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#17. When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me.

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#18. That particular take was the one that ended up in the film. So when you see Westley fall to the ground and pass out, that's not acting. That's an overzealous actor actually losing consciousness.

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#19. Waiting for Godot

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#20. Mandy swears that barely a day goes by that he isn't asked by someone, somewhere, to recite Inigo Montoya's most famous words, in which he vows vengeance on behalf of his father. "And I never let them down," he says.

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#21. I'm something of a history buff. It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

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#22. There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.

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#23. The Crimson Pirate, The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, The Black Pirate, Adventures of Don Juan, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Sea Hawk, The Prisoner of Zenda, Scaramouche,

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#24. Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

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#25. The Academy of the Sword (1630) by the Flemish master Gerard Thibault d

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#26. The experience you have making the movie is all you have; when the movie's finished, that's for other people. But while you're doing it, that's your time on the planet, so you want it to be good.

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#27. like a good wine without iocane powder, it seems to get better with time.

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#28. I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

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#29. Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.

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#30. We had a really fun time working together on the film. With myself as a pirate. And she as a fair maiden. Running off together in the spirit of love and adventure.

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#31. The Black Pirate,

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#32. I like to have a good experience. That's all you have.

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#33. The Princess Bride nights at the Alamo Drafthouse cinemas, a national restaurant/movie house, have become so popular that they now produce their own licensed Princess Bride wine.

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#34. Great Representation of the Art and Use of Fencing, written by the Italian maestro Ridolfo Capo Ferro

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#35. I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.

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#36. I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

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#37. I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

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#38. It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows.

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#39. He was the real hero in my world and I treasured him. And he loved me. Loved spending time with me.

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#40. I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.

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