Sandra Bullock Quotes
The acting thing is so beyond my control. Acting isn't mine. You're like a tiny piece in this big, corporate mechanism that needs chemistry and divine intervention.
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I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
Laura San Giacomo
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Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.
Wallace Shawn
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I feel like acting is a ton of fun. It's the freest and most alive you can be.
Fiona Dourif
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Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.
Oprah Winfrey
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Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.
Adam Driver
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I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.
Valerie Azlynn
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Well, my brother started acting before I did.
Abigail Breslin
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Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
Adam McKay
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My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.
Vanessa Hudgens
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I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.
Adam Driver
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As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.
Karen Allen
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Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.
Immanuel Kant
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I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
Zach Gilford
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First acting gig was playing a victim in 'America's Most Wanted.' The night the show aired, they caught the killer!
Zoe McLellan
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Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me. I can't remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy.
Flavor Flav
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Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
Tea Leoni
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I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.
Natasha Lyonne
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My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
Natalie Dormer
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When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.
Sam Neill
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When I was in acting class, we did a lot of really serious scenes, and we didn't do comedic scenes. I felt like doing those scenes, it didn't come out of my mouth the right way. I don't know if it's because my voice is different, or what it is about me, but it just seemed a little off.
Leslie Mann
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When I finished graduate school, I had a master's of fine arts from a prestigious institution, a manuscript that would eventually become my first published book - and almost no marketable skills.
Victor LaValle
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Good brands do three things for highly stressed out consumers: 1. They save time. 2. They project the right message. 3. They provide an identity.
David F. D'Alessandro
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Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
Mia Hamm
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The acting thing is so beyond my control. Acting isn't mine. You're like a tiny piece in this big, corporate mechanism that needs chemistry and divine intervention.
Sandra Bullock