Acting Quotes
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You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.
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I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that.
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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 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 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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Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.
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When I started acting professionally, it really felt like an extension of just playing around - it was all very organic.
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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.
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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 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 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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I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you've always done and then discover nobody can bear you doing it as an older person.
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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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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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Fear is not cowardice. Acting in a wrong and contemptible manner because of our fear is cowardice.
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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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I think acting is definitely the most fulfilling, because it's the most challenging in my mind.
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I don't think I'm very cool as a person. I'm just better than anyone else at acting cool.
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Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UN because I am an actor.
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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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Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.
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There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.
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The legal profession, politics and acting are very closely tied: the whole point is to have an idea and get it across to a listener, whether it is one person or five thousand in a hall.
