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I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen. -- Halle Berry
When I watch myself on-screen, I always look for the flaws. -- Michelle Yeoh
Women look really sexy doing action on-screen, and it is my favorite genre. -- Esha Gupta
I've actually done a lot of on-screen, live-action stuff prior to 'Adventure Time.' -- Jeremy Shada
I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam. -- Claire Danes
My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen. -- Natalie Portman
It's not what you see on-screen that makes a performance. It's the things you should never know about - it's the secrets. -- Alice Englert
Honestly, I don't aspire to be a huge movie star. I really just fell in love with acting... Everything I do on-screen is very subtle. -- Dave Bautista
Every single thing you see on-screen came out of somebody's creativity. It doesn't exist. Nature didn't deliver it to us. Everything had to be dreamed. -- Jeffrey Katzenberg
People tell me that my appearance in real life is better than on-screen. Perhaps people think I am exactly like the characters I play on TV. -- Kapil Sharma
Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring. -- Zooey Deschanel
As technology improves, on-screen avatars look more and more like real people. When they start looking too real, though, we pull away. These almost-humans aren't quite right; they look creepy, like zombies. -- James Surowiecki
Just because two guys are homosexual and happen to be the only two homosexuals on-screen doesn't mean they're going to be like, 'Oh yeah, let's get together!' It doesn't always happen like that. -- Chandler Massey
I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone. -- Rachel McAdams
My first on-screen kiss was lame: Nickelodeon. But my first real-life kiss was super cute and nice, but still very awkward. It was with this hot skateboarder with dreadlocks. He was my little Rasta man. -- Christian Serratos
I stole a little snow globe from the set of the first 'Pitch Perfect' that I don't think ever made it on-screen, so it's not like fans would be tickled by that information, but I still have it. -- Anna Kendrick
On-screen relationships are the best because you don't have to worry about saying the wrong things. And if the guy's got a girlfriend, or I'm not attracted to him, it's even better. It's just my character kissing his character. -- Alicia Witt
Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking. -- Issa Rae
There are people who expect me to look the way I do on-screen, where I have a great director of photography and fantastic lighting. I'm sorry to disappoint people, but I don't look like that all the time - no actress does. -- Catherine Zeta-Jones
A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. What I do is make myself this over-the-top character that people either find endearing or they think is a joke. Then I can do anything I want. -- Billy Eichner
I have straight married friends that other friends think are gay, and I have gay friends who don't throw that vibe at all. I know there's a full range out there, but I feel that gay men who aren't flamboyant are underrepresented on-screen. -- David Walton
When you watch a Coen brothers movie, it is always so certain about what it is trying to portray. That is their strength. The minute they write a word, they know how it will look on-screen. They are very purposeful, with no kind of mistakes. -- Eric Fellner
The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he handled growing old on-screen. It's understanding that you're now basically a character actor. Which is fine, but you have to pay attention to it. -- George Clooney
I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb. -- Sandra Oh
I really just like characters who you don't know where they stand for a long while. It's like people. You hang out with them for 10 years, and then all of a sudden they do something, and you say, 'Who are you?' That's more interesting. In life and on-screen. -- Oscar Isaac
I feel very strongly influenced by long-form box-set TV drama... I feel really excited that, at last, the novel has found its on-screen equivalent, because the emotional arcs and changes that you can follow are just so much more like a novel, and so many amazing shows recently have done as much as film can do to show the interior world. -- Eleanor Catton
I don't kiss on screen. Period. -- Shah Rukh Khan
Acting on a blue screen is awful. -- Steve Burns
I never like seeing myself on screen. -- Nathan Lane
I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen -- Halle Berry
I've never played anyone but myself on screen. -- Glenn Ford
We are even better looking on the small screen -- Jerry Stiller
It is really awkward to see myself on screen. -- Suraj Sharma
Stills belong in the lobby, not on the screen. -- William Wyler
If you are having fun on screen, it shows. -- Teresa Palmer
I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen. -- Clint Eastwood
A close-up on screen can say all a song can. -- Stephen Sondheim
About that time, stronger features became fashionable on the screen. -- Marie Windsor
Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart. -- George Clooney
I would love to play Wonder Woman on the big screen. -- Adrianne Palicki
I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
We have all seen werewolf transformations hundreds of times on screen. -- Glen Duncan
I don't have control over what's on screen, and that's terrifying. -- Zooey Deschanel
I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen. -- Elizabeth McGovern
If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero. -- Michael Caine
It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic. -- Devon Aoki
It has been said that on screen I personified the American woman. -- Joan Crawford
I think you're much more approachable when you're on a small screen. -- Julianna Margulies
Unlike sitting at a computer screen, printing is very direct and hands-on. -- Christian Marclay
There is not much irony when people are being happy on screen. -- Carter Burwell
On the other side of the screen, it all looks so easy... -- Kevin Flynn
I've never been afraid to be who I really am on screen. -- Halle Berry
Like people would ever want to read books on an electronic screen. -- Blake Crouch
Probably 95 percent of the things that are written never get on the screen. -- Joseph Wambaugh
John Wayne represents more force, more power than anyone else on the screen. -- Howard Hawks
I feel ghostly unreal until I become somebody else again on the screen. -- Peter Sellers
I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen. -- James Garner
I'd rather look chubby on screen and like a person in real life. -- Jennifer Lawrence
I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom. -- Samuel Goldwyn
Anything you see on the screen was at one point approved by me. -- Craig McCracken
John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen. -- Howard Hawks
I've learned to keep my work on the stage or on the screen. -- John Lloyd Young
There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen. -- Bette Davis
One of the most visually beautiful movies you can see on the big screen. -- Ty Burr
Perhaps British TV companies don't want women my age on screen. I don't know. -- Trinny Woodall
I have a whole other side that has yet to be seen on screen. -- Wesley Snipes
I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen. -- Alan Ladd
I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen -- Alan Ladd
I wouldn't mind doing my own film on the big screen. That'd be cool. -- Kodi Smit-McPhee
The simple fact is that what you see on the screen is pretty much real. -- Simon Pegg
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. -- Steve Jobs
Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets. -- Andy Warhol
I want to touch the world through my performances on screen but also off screen. -- Annie Ilonzeh
It's interesting to see these lives from places I may never go unfold on screen. -- Paz Vega
It became normal for women on the internet to adopt gender-neutral or male screen names. -- Arthur Chu
I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. -- Michael Caine
I've portrayed so many diverse individuals on the screen that my own personality never emerged. -- Eleanor Parker
Most people in the world have seen more of me on-screen than my kids have. -- Michelle Pfeiffer
I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen -- Guillermo del Toro
I think everyone sometimes feels intimidated by themselves when they see themselves on the screen. -- Bonnie Wright
Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding. -- Leonardo DiCaprio
I would never want the responsibility of being the prettiest girl on screen; it's too much. -- Rumer Willis
And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen. -- Julie Delpy
I'm very uncomfortable with my body, and I'm not interested in people seeing it on screen. -- Alicia Silverstone
So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior. -- Alan Rudolph
I didn't really care about my physical health; I only cared about what was on screen. -- Nicole Kidman
Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom. -- A. R. Rahman
I'm no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me. -- Clark Gable
When I was 18 years old, I had never before seen Australian film on the big screen. -- Gillian Armstrong
If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I. -- Alan Ladd
I'm not sure whether it's good fortune or bad, but I've died many times on screen. -- Ty Olsson
I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen. -- Brigitte Bardot
On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real. -- Shirley MacLaine
If you're going to die on screen, you've got to be strong and in good health. -- Greta Garbo
I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen. -- Tanith Lee
The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen. -- Bill Joy
It's human nature for people to expect people to be what they see on the screen. -- Denis Leary
The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least. -- Pat Conroy
For me to see the film [Dream of Life] on a big screen - it's pretty extraordinary. -- Steven Sebring
Any time I'm on-screen it is realistic because I don't pull my punches or anything like that. -- Dwayne Johnson
Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex. -- Myrna Loy
From an early age, I learned to invest myself emotionally in what unfolded before me on screen. -- David Perry
I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the screen. -- Jamie Bamber
Nobody has a perfect life. What you see on the screen is the best of the artist. -- Rene Angelil
I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful. -- Dennis Haysbert
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Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way - pouty. -- Lana Del Rey
People love to see themselves on screen in a way that makes sense and seems on point. -- Regina King
Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real-life couple on the screen. It's not very electric. -- Hugh Grant
You really have to create everything in order to come away with a full human being on screen. -- Samantha Mathis
I've been lucky enough to kiss three James Bonds on screen: Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig. -- Olivia Williams
If two actors have an equal creative give and take between them, it translates beautifully on the screen. -- Deepika Padukone
I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper. -- Tom Peters
If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try. -- Meryl Streep
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen. -- Oscar Robertson
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On 'Buffy' I wasn't all that high on the totem pole as far as responsibility and screen time. -- Charisma Carpenter
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I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor. -- Alexander Payne
an off-screen persona of Globally Conscious Earth Mother and an aggressive on-screen embodiment of Kali, Goddess of Destruction. -- Angelina Jolie

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