Acting Quotes
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I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.
Barkhad Abdi -
Acting was a way of me finding myself, which I think is the case of a lot of actors, regardless of where they come from.
Eddie Marsan
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I got it into my head that I was going to be starring in movies that I wrote, so that's what I did. I stopped acting in all things, and I wrote my first script, which was optioned a week after I finished it.
Larry Bishop -
I have a constant sort of melancholy approach to acting that fuels me. I want to do everything.
Sam Rockwell -
Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.
Chadwick Boseman -
I find in film acting that however many years you have done it for, you can feel totally relaxed and at ease with the people around you, absolutely wonderful, then roll camera and a little part of you goes, 'Ugh'. It is learning how to manage that.
Eddie Redmayne -
I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.
Patrick Schwarzenegger -
What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.
Haley Joel Osment
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I argue that the first image-makers were acting rationally in the specific social circumstances ... they were not driven by ‘aesthetics’.
David Lewis-Williams -
I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
Allu Arjun is one of the most stylish actors. We should take care of our looks when acting with him because he wears the best of costumes, and if we don't take care, we would look like a housemaid beside him.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu -
It was always part of the plan to move into acting.
Aaliyah -
That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.
Parminder Nagra -
I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there is a lot of things going on with Rose. I kept telling Denzel [Washington] throughout filming [Fences] that the house is her joy and her tomb.
Viola Davis
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Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
Don't stink up the place with bad acting, if an opportunity comes your way.
Edie McClurg -
I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
Malcolm McDowell -
I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don't know what I'm going to come at you with.
Jack Black -
I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.
Baltasar Kormakur -
Voice acting is very different from live-action. You only have one tool to convey emotion. You can't sell a line with a look. It's all about your vocal instrument.
Felicia Day
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I really started dreaming... and broke out of my shyness when I got to Howard University. My first acting class was an Intro to Acting class with Professor Bay, who really broke me out of my shell, encouraged me to follow my dreams and make them a reality.
Lance Gross -
My dad's an ex-policeman, and my mum is a sales representative, and they haven't got the acting bug. Bless them.
Olivia Cooke -
I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.
Sally Hawkins -
One of the hardest things to do in acting is to stop thinking about yourself and stop being self-conscious.
Hannah Murray