Acting Quotes

Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.

Pythagoras
I meet a lot of young people that want to go into acting because they think of what it will do for them. If that's the case, it can be a very, very painful profession. But if the kids want to do acting because they love it, and they want to give to it, then they can have a great life. It's really about as simple as how you look at it.

Ethan Hawke

It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And that's probably the best thing about it.

Paul Dano
- Best
- Acting
- Explicit
Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.

Elia Kazan
- Acting
- Actor
- Critic
Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun.

Henry Winkler
- Fun
- Problem
- Hardest
There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.

Estelle Parsons
- Actors
- Sadness
- Reverence
There's a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a dead pan are getting away wit it. I'd hate to see them on stage with a dog act.

Joan Blondell
- Hate
- Dog
- Guilty
It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.

Ivor Novello
- Girl
- Feelings
- Brilliant