Acting Quotes
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Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.
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Acting wasn't what I wanted to do forever. I wanted a home, and I wanted children.
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Acting in a sitcom or a comedy movie is like a comedy routine with the setups.
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It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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I believe there can be dignity in the acting profession. And I think there ought to be more dignity in the publicity an actor gets.
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There's life after acting.
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Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.
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I never felt Lee Strasberg could act, and I fail to see how someone who can't act can teach acting.
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When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
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What I've discovered is, really, acting is acting is acting. It's all the same. Seventy-five percent of the skills are the same in both media.
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Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.
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Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.
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Acting for me sometimes is taking whatever personal experiences I have and try to apply that [to a role].
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Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.
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I feel like you have to pull from some personal experiences [to acting]. At least that's how I work sometimes. It's just easier that way. And I try it as best as I can and kind of dissolve myself and become a character, not me, or just blur the lines.
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Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.
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I definitely caught acting bug.
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I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.
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There's a boy who they call Pony! He's always acting gross and horny! He thinks he's got a lot down there, but he sure wears tiny underwear!
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That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.
