Acting Quotes
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Acting - you're taking someone else's visions and someone else's inspirations, and it's up to you to portray that to everyone watching the film.
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You never really see me acting a fool on TV.
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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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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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The most likely explanation is the most practical. 'Macbeth' is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of 'Macbeth'. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting.
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Acting was always my unscratched itch, when I was in college and even afterwards.
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There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.
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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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If you give up on trying to change larger structures and just go off on what some would say is a personal indulgence or being a survivalist, it can be seen as incredibly negative or pessimistic. But the other way to think of it is this: through manifesting the way we live and acting as if it's normal, you're defending yourself against depression and dysfunction, but you're also providing a model that others can copy. And that is absolutely about bringing large-scale change.
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I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it.
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I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.
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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've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually in the story when you're acting.
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I love acting, love it. It's the greatest fun in the world. I've never had trouble feeling extremely grateful.
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Acting is very start and stop.
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When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down.
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I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
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With acting, I didn't get much from it.
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Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.
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I had a pretty untraditional high school experience. I've been acting since I was very young.
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It's interesting how you can blur the line between acting and living and learn from your performances. I'm just trying to keep learning as much as I can and not get caught up in all the distractions that can play havoc with your mind.
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Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.
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My dad's an ex-policeman, and my mum is a sales representative, and they haven't got the acting bug. Bless them.
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For 50 years, acting was the reason I got up in the morning.
