Acting Quotes
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I think acting is a fun thing because you get to have so many lifetimes in one lifetime, being all these different people.
Riley Keough
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The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body in any given moment.
Anthony Robbins
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If I do three movies in a year, I don't feel like acting ever again.
Ethan Hawke
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You've got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.
Michael Caine
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I grew up around acting, but it was never thought of as a career.
Troy Garity
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I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.
Heath Ledger
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I'm just looking for good work. I just really love acting, and I'd like to jump on something that's really exciting for me.
Noel Fisher
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If a person is in front of a camera, they're acting. It's not possible to live in front of a camera.
Paul Morrissey
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Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing is playing. Acting.
William Friedkin
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The first time my parents found out I was acting was when a friend told them they had just come back from a play I was in.
Poorna Jagannathan
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The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or noble qualities he is called upon to exhibit.... he must leave behind him the cares and vexations of life, throw aside his personality for several hours, and move in the dream of another life, forgetting everything.
Sarah Bernhardt
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I think the funny thing about acting for me - and I hold it in a very holy, spiritual way - not to be overly fundamentalist about it, but it's that important to me - is that it is an ancient healing art.
Melissa Leo
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There are quite a few things that the devil could tempt me with... I could be tempted by youth if I was allowed to hold on to all the wisdom that I've gotten. In everything, not just sports. In life. In acting. I'd be tempted by youth only so I could continue doing it a little longer.
George Clooney
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There's the acting side of it so you work with a coach. Dissect a script. If it's a character, then obviously a character study. Just depends on if there is training needed.
Scott Eastwood
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In acting, you have to know that you are worth something. I knew I had some talent somewhere.
Will Chase
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I've been writing a lot, I've a few projects I'm trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing... Apart from that, if I could get lower than a 10 handicap on my golf game, I'd be thrilled.
Paul Michael Glaser
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You know, honestly, acting in film is remarkably independent. You're doing your thing and someone else is doing their thing.
Josh Hartnett
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I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.
Paul Giamatti
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines.
Michael Caine
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You're not surprised when alcoholics act like alcoholics. It's more surprising when non-alcoholics start acting like alcoholics.
Carrie Fisher
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God’s Word does not merely impart information; it actually creates life. It’s not only descriptive; it’s effective too, God speaking is God acting.
Michael Horton
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The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.
Taryn Manning Boomkat