Acting Quotes
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That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.
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I always loved acting, but when you get older and you're going through adolescence, the roles are limited.
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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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I'm leaving town cause my children are acting too much like me.
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You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.
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British acting is undoubtedly based in text, and American acting relies more on behavior. That's speaking very generally.
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Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?
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Acting is such a bizarre way of life. Unless you're really passionate about it, you should give it up. Don't beat yourself up.
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I sort of look at acting like that: if you have no confines, you have everywhere to go.
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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 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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Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.
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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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That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.
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With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.
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Make acting seem real and as if it werent acting. Just make it real.
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Acting makes me feel broke again, it makes me feel unaccomplished.
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I think the greatest gift actually acting is that I have a true fascination and love for people, and the way they are, and all the choices they made in life and all the different paths they took. I feel like acting gives me an opportunity to dig a little bit into that. That's great because it's eye-opening and it makes you an open person.
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For me, acting is like a therapy. I can express myself fully when I am acting and have blood in my veins. Even when I'm not working, I'm always living in my own world, imagining characters.
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When I started acting, I was asked said, 'What's your dream?' 'What would you like to achieve?' I would say, 'Oh, I'd like to sit opposite DeNiro and hold my own.' But, you never think it's gonna happen.
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My life is full, and I love it. Acting is the frosting on the cake for me.
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Ultimately, the idea of acting is to understand the people you're playing, and then where they're coming from is not so mystifying. You've got to detox a bit after, though.
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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 don't have a formula. Every time an actor wants me to hold their hand, I hold their hand. If they say, "Stay," I say "Okay, respect." You know? "I'm right over here." A kid, if I need to give a line-reading, I'll start acting out the part for the kid and just mimic the kid. You know? Whatever it takes.
