I yearned to be an actor.

我曾渴望成为一名演员。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Any actor will tell you that it is easier to perform than to be themselves.

任何演员都会告诉你表演比做自己更容易。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Did you always want to be an actor?

你以前一直想当演员吗？

《牛津词典》

Mercy in an individual is a wonderful thing, but mercy on the part of a government actor can be a very dangerous thing."

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Somewhere along the line in one damn incarnation or another, if you like, you not only had a hankering to be an actor or an actress, but to be a good one. You're stuck with it now.

在线路的某个地方，在化身或其他东西里，如果你想要，你不仅能渴望成为一个演员,也能成为一个出色的演员，你想现在是被困住了。

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you have to be well-informed as to how to go about being an actor.

你要消息灵通，知道如何当演员。

想成为明星吗？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Whatever sector he's in, he will be the actor and not the audience, he says.

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When "Argo" was released in October, it looked like it was going to be the actor-director's year.

CNN: 'Lincoln' leads Oscar race with 12 nominations

Briers was born in London on 14 January, 1934 and was inspired to be an actor by his mother, a music and drama teacher.

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