Acting Quotes
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The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
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Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.
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Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself.
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I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.
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My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.
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And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.
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People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society.
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The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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I would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.
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I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.
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I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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As time passes, I feel more and more a sense of acting being a fundamental part of who I am.
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I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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If this acting thing doesn't work out, maybe I could be a blogger.
