Acting Quotes
-
Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence does not render him incautious, and too much diffidence does not render him intolerant. From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved more than feared, or feared more than loved.
-
I didn't want to be behind a desk. I didn't want to do a normal job. I had made my mind up. I became despondent prematurely. I had my mid-life crisis when I was 16. I suppose I'd agree with that. But acting has helped me develop a lot in my private life.
-
We're not one thing, as human beings, so any character that is written uni-dimensional, that's just a shallow character with shallow writing and shallow acting.
-
The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.
-
There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.
-
I didn't want to start acting like a cartoon.
-
I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.
-
You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
-
I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.
-
As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
-
With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.
-
I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.
-
So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.
-
Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.
-
It might sound odd, but filming a soap is closer to acting in a play than filming episodic television.
-
To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
-
Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
-
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.
-
I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.
-
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
-
I've always said that acting found me. I didn't really find it.
-
If I wasn't acting, I'd be teaching acting. That would be my easiest thing to fall back on is teaching it.
-
'Whatever it takes' is my opinion of method acting and, indeed, any other kind of acting. Look at Brando and De Niro. But it's not my cup of tea.
-
Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference.
