Acting Quotes
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Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.
Celia Imrie
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I think I was drawn to acting just as a way of getting noticed.
Michael Rispoli
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I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing.
Vivien Leigh
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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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Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.
Raul Julia
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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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It's much harder to play beloved than to play a rotten guy. Rotten guy is a piece of cake. So playing a beloved person really sets a high bar for your behavior and your acting and what you project.
Bill Murray
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The acting world is a humbling experience, I find.
Sharlto Copley
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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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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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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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I grew up around acting, but it was never thought of as a career.
Troy Garity
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The backstory to anyone of mixed race is a lifetime spent being incorrectly perceived and choosing either to allow that misperception to continue or to correct it, so I am aware of identity and race as being much more fluid, I think, than someone who is "purely" one thing or the other. And acting does challenge me to address those particular issues.
Wentworth Miller
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Courage is always and only one thing: It is acting with fear, not without it.
Walter Inglis Anderson
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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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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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I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.
Heath Ledger
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I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is intensely rewarding. Particularly the chance to help draw out the best in young actors.
Angelina Jolie
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I came to acting as a sort of fluke. I really enjoy it, but I think I'm different from the people who dreamed about it.
Eve Plumb
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If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don't have to be able to act; and Aishwarya Rai is a great example of this. She is a beautiful woman... You look at her, I want to look at her. Damn, she is fine; but stop acting or stop trying to act.
Russell Peters
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In hockey, there are no second chances, but the great thing about acting is that there actually are. If you do a scene and you think you can do better - take two!
Wyatt Russell
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The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.
Taryn Manning Boomkat
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Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse. And it's important to rehearse, because it gives you the possibility to try things which are not good!
Erland Josephson
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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