Acting Quotes

Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.

Eddie Redmayne
- People
- Different
- Real
I didn't want to start acting like a cartoon.

Rachael Leigh Cook
- Want
- Acting
- Start

I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.

Parminder Nagra
- Dream
- Acting
- Own
If you're not acting, you're not an actor.

Lance Henriksen
- You
- Acting
- Actor
Acting is a life of rejection.

Lauren Bacall
- Life
- Acting
- Rejection
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
- Black
- Acting
- New York
I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing.

Eddie Izzard
- Up
- Funny
- Comedy
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.

Carson Daly
- Mind
- Courage
- Steps