Acting Quotes
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Maybe the the luxury of not having acting be my only profession is that I can be more selective about what I choose to be in. I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.
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I've always held to the belief, though, that people who do too much acting training always look like they're acting, you know?
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By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.
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There's an awful lot to be desired. I've gone to places where people say to me, "What's your technique?" Technique? What the hell technique is there to acting? We're acting because even with my voice I'm giving what I think is what I want to say.
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Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.
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I think that I get different kinds of joy out of directing a film and acting, and it's sort of necessary to just be doing one and focusing on that. I'm in awe of anyone who tries to be an actor-director, so I couldn't really see that.
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It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't empathetic. Being a bad guy is great because you're not friendly and you don't have to do much with your face.
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Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.
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Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.
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I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.
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It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're pretending - that is, when they're acting. The really good ones don't always seem to know themselves.
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A career in acting, it's a learning process.
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I'm acting from my heart. The way how I feel is the way how I act.
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Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.
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I had always seen myself doing theatre, as I don't come from an acting background, so that was my first way into acting, I suppose.
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I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
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I feel very, very fortunate to have the success that I've had. I want to keep working and keep moving forward. Acting is my dream job. I love it so much.
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Acting is an emotion which has to be felt. Some feel it, some don't!
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Make acting seem real and as if it werent acting. Just make it real.
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There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics.
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I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along.
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That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.
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It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools.
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Some of the joy in acting is switching it up: being able to do something that's different than what you've been doing.
