The deniability can be important to keep the state actor from being tainted by the actions, to allow the state actor to negotiate in apparent good faith by claiming they are not responsible for the actions of parties who are merely sympathizers, or to avoid being accused of belligerent actions or war crimes.

In " A Star is Scorned ", an out-of-continuity episode where Darkwing is both a real hero and an actor, Rockwell tried to replace Darkwing with Bushroot to save money ( so he could keep it ).

Many said this was to be Eastwood's last film as director and actor, but he chose to keep directing and he quit acting in his own films with the 2008 film Gran Torino.

" The show used their CHP technical advisor, Officer Frank Runyon, to keep the actor sober: " I was told to keep that son of a bitch away from a bottle.

He gets his suave actor friend Victor " Gaucho " Ribera ( Gilbert Roland ) to keep her occupied.

As an out-of-work actor, Richard O ' Brien wrote The Rocky Horror Show to keep himself busy on winter evenings.

Although Scott achieved fame as a motion picture actor, he managed to keep a fairly low profile with his private life.

Several foundlings appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld: most notably Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson ( found as a toddler among the ruins of a caravan party attacked by bandits, surrounded by the bodies of the adults ; Carrot was adopted and raised by the dwarfs who discovered him, and was surprised to learn at age 16-and 6ft 6in tall-that he was not a dwarf ; mounting evidence suggests that Carrot is the scion of the deposed Ankh-Morpork royal family, but he himself has suppressed this as much as possible, considering the role of police captain to be a preferable one in which to safeguard his city and keep order ), also Tomjohn ( rightful heir to the throne of Lancre, rescued from his father's killer by loyal servants, entrusted to the local witches and given to travelling actors to raise ; Tomjohn eventually returns to the kingdom, but does not wish to rule it, preferring to remain an actor ) and Keith ( The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents-ironically, Malicia, obsessed with fairytales, is certain that this makes him likely to be a prince, but Keith explains that it is common in the city to abandon babies outside the Guilds where they are likely to receive care and training in a trade ).

Other times it is lowered to keep the actor from the audience's view.

Anderson met with Cruise on the set of Kubrick's film and the actor told him to keep him in mind for his next film.

Palomino not only was able to keep in the public's eye as a consequence of this, but he discovered that he enjoyed acting as well, and, because of that, he decided to launch a career as an actor.

Fellow Lost Boys actor Brooke McCarter began managing Haim in an effort to keep him clean.

Variety said he hit " all the right notes in a star-powered performance that will amuse, if not amaze, anyone who only knows the actor as Tony Blair or David Frost " while Richard Corliss of Time noted that he " tries bravely to keep a straight face "

The animators also used their own voices for all the characters instead of hiring voice actors in order to keep costs down, although it does feature one professional voice actor, Michael Rye, as the narrator in the attract sequence ( he is also the narrator for Space Ace and Dragon's Lair II ).

The producers initially considered having a different voice actor do Lars ' voice in order to keep viewers from guessing his true identity, but ultimately decided it would not make sense if anyone besides West did the voice.

The female actor is never meant to represent a character that directly effects the outcome of a plot or keep the story line going, but is inserted into the film as a way of supporting the male role and " bearing the burden of sexual objectification " that he cannot.

" Daily Nebraskan said in their review that the show had " a lot of potential: a good lead actor, a solid premise and a feel that will keep audiences glued to their televisions.

But before he can recognize his father, Jamie is chased around the parade by Myron who is dressed as Turbo-Man's arch enemy Dementor having caught and tied up the real actor ( Richard Moll ) while Howard does his best to keep up, though with little skill in controlling the Turbo-Man equipment.

He managed to keep among his friends several people who were confirmed leftists at the time, people like theater director Augusto Boal, actor and black activist Abdias do Nascimento, and filmmaker Arnaldo Jabor.

Most glamourbombing is performed anonymously or in disguise, so as to keep the focus on the act itself, and not the actor.

In the television series, it appears in the episode The Screen Actor's Guilt where an actor owns a Smoochum, and his agent attempts to keep them apart in fear that the actor owning a Smoochum would damage his reputation.

Brad bargains to keep the circus on the road as long as it is making a profit, thus keeping the 1, 400 performers and roustabouts who make Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus ' the Greatest Show On Earth working.

A movement called " Don't Yank The Crank " was organized by David Perham and Brad Hooper in a valiant but futile effort to keep their beloved crank phones.

Players who played in the NFL in 1972 and earlier were allowed to keep their old numbers, although New York Giants linebacker Brad Van Pelt wore number 10 despite entering the league in 1973 ( Linebackers had to be numbered in the 50s at the time ; since 1984 they may now wear numbers in the 50s or 90s.

In 2003 Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry met an executive of Citgo to discuss possible incentives that would keep the Citgo headquarters in Oklahoma.

" Executive Producer Brad Kern states that Piper is written into the series as " the middle sister just trying to keep the peace, trying to find love, trying to find her career, and trying to keep Prue and Phoebe from killing each other.

To keep her manageable, they drug her, resulting in a dream sequence in which she patrols Denton looking for sex while Brad begs her for love (" Looking for Trade ").

Brad eventually bought Angie the coffee shop to keep her busy, but she would later sell it to help her mother buy a beauty salon.

The terms of their subsequent legal dispute required both parties to keep the peace, but nothing stopped Vancouver's civilian brother Charles from interposing and giving Pitt blow after blow until onlookers restrained the attacker.

Grenville's role was seen as an attempt to keep someone closely associated with Pitt involved in the government, in order to prevent Pitt and his supporters actively opposing the government.

In that year he was sent by Pitt, but in vain, to try to keep Prussia true to the first coalition against France.

The King however, refused to keep Pitt ( the younger )' s promises which had secured the passage of the legislation through the Irish Parliament.

Elaine disliked his long work hours ; parodying his marital problems, Bakshi drew Dum Dum and Dee Dee, a comic strip about a man determined " to get — and keep — the girl ".

Despite threats of repercussion from the animators ' union, Rasinski fought to keep Bakshi as a layout artist.

The majority of the live action footage was deleted ; because Bakshi wanted to keep the breakdancing sequences, he used rotoscoping to animate the footage, but did not animate all of the movements for budgetary reasons.

He had ordered the ponies brought inside the fortified circle and had assigned Pierre and a band of picked engages the job of trying to keep them steady under fire.

I heard subsequently that my Uncle and Aunt had dinner in a nearby restaurant in the French Quarter after which he went home to get into his costume to keep the date.

On May 6th, Morgan, who had returned, received from Washington orders to `` send out patrols under vigilant officers '' to keep near the enemy.

His servant Robin Whitney threatened Quiney, who had Whitney bound to `` the good abaringe '' to keep the peace.

His English friends, it said, had gone into training to keep up with him vocally and with his `` allegro movements around the luncheon table ''.

One day, Ching had told him ( smiling, patting him on the back ) as they walked to the weekly conference of squad leaders, `` Keep it up, your squad is good, one of the best, keep it up, keep up the good work ''.

The equation was simple: wealth brought them happiness, and their united front to the world was their warning that they meant to keep everything they had, let no one in on the secrets.

She had even steeled herself to keep Juanita upstairs in the nurse's room off the empty nursery, although the girl tried to insist on moving back to the quarters to spare Kate remembrance of the baby's death.

She was personally sloppy, and when she had colds would blow her nose in the same handkerchief all day and keep it, soaking wet, dangling from her waist, and when she gardened she would eat dinner with dirt on her calves.

However, such a hotbed of gossip had grown up during the trial, that every precaution had to be taken to keep my visit from being whispered to the world, Society, and even, alas, to my own mother.

This behavior on her part subsided only after I had come to see the uncomfortably close similarity between, on the one hand, her arranging the ventilation of the common living room to her own liking, or turning the television off or on without regard to the wishes of the others, and on the other hand, my own coming stolidly into her room despite her persistent and vociferous objections, bringing my big easy chair with me, usually shutting the windows of her room which she preferred to keep in a very cold state, and plunking myself down in my chair -- in short, behaving as if I owned her room.

In a climate hostile to agriculture, Mr. Clark has had to keep alert to the most productive farm techniques.

Greene was in actuality a young ruffian from Kent, who had broken with his parents in order to keep the company he preferred -- pimps, panders and whores.

Hands on Bible, seaman Lodley and carpenter Staffe swore that Juet had tried to persuade them to keep muskets and swords in their cabins.

His brothers' anger caused Palfrey genuine concern, for he had imposed a dual mission upon himself: to free his slaves, and to keep the family from falling apart over the issue.

This group had been Palfrey's greatest worry since Anna was in bad health, and her children were too young to work for their keep.

This was going to be it now, any second, and what he had to remember was to keep his eye on the razor, no matter what, even if Roberts should feint with a kick to the groin, the deadly hand was his exclusive concern.

Business Week ( Aug. 9, 1961 ) reports that the United Aircraft Company, against which the International Association of Machinists had undertaken a strike, decided to keep its plants operating.

It was simply his necessity to confess which had made him write and keep this thing.

The toilet hadn't had a sincere scrubbing in years and there were things written on the walls of the little boxed-in place because you couldn't keep the public out -- entirely.

And when they stood by the fountain in the piazza looking at Santa Maria he had to keep a straight face, not letting on he had been there with Alberto.