Acting Quotes
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Fear is not cowardice. Acting in a wrong and contemptible manner because of our fear is cowardice.
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I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.
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I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
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I've been acting since I was five, and I hope it's something I can do forever. I love it.
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I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.
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I would love a recurring role on '90210.' I would say yes to just about any role in acting that doesn't tarnish my image.
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You never really see me acting a fool on TV.
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I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.
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[Elijah Wood] has got such a broad outlook. It's so much bigger than just the acting industry.
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One of the hardest things to do in acting is to stop thinking about yourself and stop being self-conscious.
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Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next.
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I don't even draw on my life experiences when I'm acting. I just try and make it feel like I'm living through that person's skin.
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In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.
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I didn't act in school. I didn't study acting, either. I learned everything when I got to New York.
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It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor.
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Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good.
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Acting is a specific discipline. Just because you can sing doesn't mean you have the sensitivities of being an actor.
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I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting.
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As a kid, I was terrified. I was a bed wetter and I had to go to sleepaway camp every summer, which was humiliating and terrifying. I had lots of insecurities and scaredness. I covered it with being funny and tough, but it's hard to be tough when you're making your cot in your bunk over soaking wet sheets and acting like nobody can smell anything.
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I don't really know how to act that much. I'm quite good at comedy, but it's mostly acting naturally.
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There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.
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I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven't had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be 'cause I've been on quite a lot of auditions in my life.
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Before I became an actress, I was a cellist. I've been playing since I was 14, was in a lot of bands, and acting was more of a hobby.
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When I started acting professionally, it really felt like an extension of just playing around - it was all very organic.
