Acting Quotes · Page 113

Nonviolence is a universal law acting under all circumstances.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Acting in different languages doesn't stop you from growing; on the contrary, for an artiste, it helps a lot.

— Abhimanyu Singh

I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.

— Judy Greer

A lot of acting is waiting for people to let you do your job.

— Marielle Heller

My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.

— Vanessa Hudgens

Singing and acting on a show is like theater; it doesn't get any better.

— Shanola Hampton

What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became 'Timothy Green.'

— CJ Adams

I went to acting school, and I polished my dancing, but I didn't really learn how to fight.

— Arjun Kapoor

I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk,…

— Richard Briers

I enjoy so many different art forms; I don't just want to focus on acting. I love music. I love writing stories.…

— Brenton Thwaites

Stop thinking schoolishly. Stop acting teacherishly. Stop talking about learning as though it's separate from life.

— Sandra Dodd

If you have the opportunity to watch Nathan Fillion or Jim Carrey do a scene, it's like getting a Ph.D. in acting.

— Molly Quinn

I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from…

— Taylor Swift

For acting, if there's a strong female role and there is that action element, for me that just feels really natural.

— Marisa Miller

My dad taught me to kiteboard when I was 13, and around the same time, I happened to just fall into being…

— Maika Monroe

Something I learned in the Marine Corps that I've applied to acting is, one, taking direction, and then working with a group…

— Adam Driver

In acting, there's a type of courage you're recognized for all the time. You lose 100 pounds and play a guy with…

— Rob Lowe

You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk…

— Socrates

My mother, when I was doing stage acting in Chicago, would come to see any show that I was in. There was…

— Paul Raci

I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it…

— Steve Buscemi

“On having a backup plan: "Always a good plan anytime you want to follow your dream - I love writing, acting, and…

— Samantha Steele

When I first started acting in college, at Cal, the thing that I loved about acting was not being onstage but going…

— John Cho

I left acting for a couple of years to found my company, Wayfarer, and the first project I did was this documentary…

— Justin Baldoni

I was cursed with age, really. You do that stupid thing at 12 years old when you say something and it kind…

— Tom Felton

I never wanted to be an actress. Acting wasn't in my mind. It wasn't in my calculations.

— Esme Creed-Miles

I have my writing and acting and producing and directing, and my younger brother has his music and his acting.

— Kevin Schmidt

You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively.

— Nido R Qubein

I was about 15 when I decided that acting was what I wanted to pursue professionally.

— Shannon Purser

I feel like acting is a study of humanity, and I am loving that.

— Lauren Ridloff

I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.

— Sasha Alexander

When I was little, acting opportunities were always proposed to me as 'a favour.'

— Rory Culkin

Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found.

— Claire Danes

I swear to formally assume the national executive powers as acting president.

— Juan Guaido

When life gave me tough situations, acting helped me cope with those situations.

— S. Sreesanth

I think that it's important not to take [acting] too seriously. It's all pretend. It's a strange job.

— Michael Pitt

Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.

— Rebecca De Mornay

Acting is all about finding the truth within whatever world you're in.

— Karen Gillan

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.

— Eddie Murphy

I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.

— Nicole Kidman

When you're acting, you can try your own ideas and be free.

— Storm Reid