Acting Quotes
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Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.
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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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Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolesence.
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I still say I would love to go back to acting, but after my kids are older. You can't just drop everything and go out on a call and keep a stable life.
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All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'
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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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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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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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You're not surprised when alcoholics act like alcoholics. It's more surprising when non-alcoholics start acting like alcoholics.
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There's life after acting.
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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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Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.
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I definitely caught acting bug.
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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 never felt Lee Strasberg could act, and I fail to see how someone who can't act can teach acting.
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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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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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When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
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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.
