Acting Quotes · Page 111

Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive

— Bo Bennett

I don't see myself as part of an acting fraternity or a comedy fraternity.

— Ricky Gervais

It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays.

— Blythe Danner

In terms of my actual acting, I don't really like to to copy anyone or replicate anything that I've seen.

— Dacre Montgomery

Kids need love the most when they're acting most unlovable.

— Erma Bombeck

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

— Bette Davis

I fell completely in love with acting. I guess I was bitten.

— Jennifer Grant

It's always a long process of trying to suppress the self-doubt on set when you're acting.

— Dylan O'Brien

Acting has been gentrified. It's become part of the bourgeoisie. But there was a time when it would be a great scandal…

— Julian Sands

No, I always wanted to be a singer. It was kind of funny that I took this road, started acting, then-almost ten…

— Tia Carrere

Work is work for me. I can do any work in the field of acting. Be it films, television or theatre, I…

— Ranjeet

Being yourself; not acting. You therefore can function near your own level of competence. Satisfy you own expectations rather than those of…

— John Wooden

I love playing guitar. I grew up with my dad playing. But acting is definitely the forefront, I guess I'd say, in…

— Jesse Plemons

I've always been an improviser. I was one before I knew even what the word was... And acting, that I've been doing…

— Alan Arkin

In the end, I realized that I just didn't like acting enough to put up with the stereotype and I didn't really…

— Susan Olsen

Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question…

— Novalis

For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when…

— Donnie Yen

I've always played music and I've always been in bands and there have been periods in my life where the music has…

— Jim Sturgess

I've been in front of the camera a million times as a musician, and even directed a few music videos. So, I…

— Trey Songz

What I try to do often when I'm acting and what I like when I'm seeing good acting is how authentic it…

— Alex Karpovsky

I want to break into the acting industry. It's something I have a great deal of respect for; it's a passion of…

— Apolo Ohno

I've been doing magic since I was five years old, and when I was trying to get acting gigs, I found I…

— Steve Valentine

Generally, there's a lot of ad-lib involved with live TV and things like that, whereas with acting in front of the camera,…

— Edge

I can't do modeling disconnected. And I thought, "What do I like? What do I love about modeling?" And what I love…

— Agyness Deyn

I find acting tough, but sitting around chatting - that's easy.

— Nick Frost

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

— Liev Schreiber

To be happy, drop the words 'if only' and substitute instead the words 'next time'.

— Smiley Blanton

Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

— Shawnee Smith

Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.

— Charles S. Dutton

One of my impulses in acting has always to make people feel less alone.

— David Harbour

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

— Jeff Bridges

I actually write as a passion, as something I actually am more passionate about than acting.

— Evangeline Lilly

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

— Kate Morton

“I'm not thinking, I'm just acting. It's almost an animalistic instinct, I just do what I need to do.”

— Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok

Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.

— Cleo Moore

I also want to get out there in the world and do some acting and fashion and modeling.

— Nastia Liukin

Acting is my first love, and that's my main career, it really is.

— Danica McKellar

In an ideal world, I'd like to carry on acting, but I don't want it to interfere with my studies.

— Ellie Kendrick

If someone praises me for my acting, all I say is thanks and in case of criticism, I do apologize.

— Mukul Dev

I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking.

— Sam Jaeger