Acting Quotes
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Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I devised a kind of route in - I'd seen a lot of people try and fail.
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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.
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Acting is in your soul.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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Acting is what I love to do.I understand the differences between the different formats. But I enjoy whether it be film, TV or in the theater.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.
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Surprise is a huge element in acting.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
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I couldn't have asked for a better acting partner and a better human being to work with. We have to work very closely together, and I felt, in our screen test, that we had really good chemistry, but I wasn't sure if I was just making that up. Max has written a really finely wrought bromance. I have complete trust in Elijah [Wood].
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I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
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That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. Sometimes they'll put sandbags there, but then it's even funnier because you're walking and you're, like, stepping into sandbags, so now you look like you're having a seizure.
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I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
