American - Actor | June 20, 1928 - July 15, 2017
I look for roles where there is some kind of an arc to the story.
Martin Landau
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I was offered the Gene Hackman role in 'The Poseidon Adventure' four times, and I turned it down four times. I didn't want to do that movie. I called it the upside down boat.
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With 'Avatar,' you're beginning to see the need for less and less actors and less of an appreciation for live acting.
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I still care about human behavior and the art that it takes to write a good piece and to get a cast together who cares enough to put 150 percent of their talent into a project.
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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.
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Mankind, his brain has embraced so many amazing things, and yet we're still beating each other over the heads with clubs, excepting the bullets now, one bullet can wipe out an entire city.
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I've got so many stories about every film and show I've ever been in.
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In any age range, there are some limitations in terms of good, good parts.
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Years ago on TV, I played people like Doc Holliday and Jesse James on Westerns.
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Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside.
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I love an actor who comes in, ready to work. It's like a good tennis player. They hit the ball where you don't expect it, and it's great.
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The more complicated the character, the better I am. It's the one-dimensional crap that I had to do for years that drove me crazy.
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