Acting Quotes
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
Fiona Shaw
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Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.
Olivia Thirlby
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I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt like a hobby.
Mara Wilson
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I've always loved projects where I can combine acting and music.
Natalia Tena
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Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare.
Zhang Ziyi
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I went to UCLA as pre-med. When I was there my freshman year, I auditioned for a play and got it, and I was so passionate. I just loved acting so much that I decided to switch majors and pursue acting.
Fiona Gubelmann
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People actually perceived me with being this cat from the Bronx because I'm one of a handful of folks that was actually acting in 'Wild Style'.
Fab Five Freddy
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Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
Gaby Hoffmann
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When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.
Maggie Smith
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I was 26 when I went to my first acting class. I'm naturally quite shy. I'm a quite private person. There's this really strange acting class in New York called Black Nexxus. For someone who's slightly shy or self-conscious, it's the most frightening thing you can do.
Hannah Ware
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I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby.
Patrick Fugit
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I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.
Kate Bosworth
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Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.
Aaliyah
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It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
Haley Bennett
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Anjelica Huston and Kelly MacDonald are both really special. Anjelica has such a fresh point of view about acting and doesn't seem jaded at all. She seems more like a student and yet she is veteran actor who really brings it.
Sam Rockwell
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I have learned that acting is not about beauty.
Vincent Cassel
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I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting.
Omari Hardwick
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I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
Edie Falco
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Acting to me is real life - I don't act.
Bai Ling
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I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives.
Haley Joel Osment
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Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.
Parker Posey
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I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so I can't say one has helped the other, It's all the same thing. More than anything I love being on stage and performing.
Bebe Neuwirth
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I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have done some theater and film.
Carole King
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
Natalie Wood