Acting Quotes · Page 114

We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.

— Malcolm Gladwell

The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.

— Taryn Manning

Acting is something that I've always wanted to do and been interested in.

— Josephine Langford

Very few ideas are better than Catherine O'Hara's ideas when it comes to acting.

— Dan Levy

Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.

— Piper Laurie

When I changed my degree to acting, I almost gave my parents heart attacks.

— Jayma Mays

Losing my teeth didn't impede my acting, but it was a constant worry and meant I was never completely relaxed.

— James Cosmo

I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that.

— Justin Theroux

By taking elements you observe in life, you can develop qualities in your acting life that you don't ordinarily call upon in…

— Stella Adler

Mv wife opened a gift shop and I had a cleaning plant. We both lost money on them. I guess we'll stick…

— Ken Berry

It's always agonising to separate my life as an actress and personal life. Just because I'm happy with my acting life doesn't…

— Son Ye-jin

“I don't care if you wear white to your coming-out party and pretend to be a virgin, but you're gay, Kit. G-A-Y.…

— Tibby Armstrong

I simply loved education. I mean, I always loved acting as well. It really was a major passion for me, but one…

— Jodhi May

Acting lessons teach you to really listen to what the other person is saying because in acting it's all about responding to…

— Tommy Mottola

Other people have often had more faith in me than I had in myself - I never thought I could pull off…

— John Lithgow

I've downloaded the BBC's 'Cranford' with Judi Dench because I like a bit of bonnet acting, and I can turn it on…

— Sandi Toksvig

Act as if what you intend to manifest in life is already a reality. Eliminate thoughts of conditions, limitations, or the possibility…

— Wayne Dyer

I do the best I can - I know my way around [Russian method acting pioneer] Stanislavski, but I can't take myself…

— Anthony Hopkins

I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the…

— Morris Chestnut

People got to know me very gradually. It was little things. It's still like that. 'That Thing you Do!' was a big…

— Steve Zahn

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if…

— Justin Kirk

When you're watching a movie and find yourself getting emotional, it's because you're bringing something personal to the images. It's the same…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

Funnily enough, when I was leaving school and they asked you what you were going to do, and I just liked acting,…

— Kylie Minogue

I think I might have exaggerated some abilities in the past. Practical abilities for acting jobs you sometimes have on your CV…

— Daniel Rigby

I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird.

— Ester Dean

I didn't want to get stuck in pretty, public school roles, or I knew I'd end up as some sort of caricature.

— Robert Pattinson

I believe, even when I'm doing my standup or my acting or whatever I'm doing, I believe in painting pictures.

— J. B. Smoove

For my money, acting has been over-intellectualized. It's only playing.

— Denis Lawson

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

— Christina Ricci

I've learned enough times in life that saying something is completely different than acting upon it.

— Jimmy Butler

Like they say: The acting is for free. I get paid to wait.

— Leighton Meester

For me, acting is like a pool you dive into. If you're lucky, you find what you need, then get out again.

— Roger Allam

I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays.

— John Corbett

My acting and activism go hand-in-hand, and they really support one another.

— Nicole Maines

If that day comes when I'm done with the acting and singing, I'll just pack it in and go home.

— Mandy Moore

“If you're acting, you're wasting your time. If you're not, you're wasting mine.”

— Mommie Dearest

The people I respect in the history of acting, from the beginning, were chameleons.

— Theo Rossi

It's important to take risks and challenge yourself. That's why I went into acting, really.

— Roger Allam

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

— Tim Robbins

This is something that's been on my radar for quite some time actually, voice acting.

— Big E