Acting Quotes · Page 116

I wanted to direct a film that can showcase my son's acting prowess.

— Thambi Ramaiah

I need both music and acting to even think about surviving life. I don't have a choice.

— Natalia Tena

To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe.

— Kelly McGillis

If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing.

— Sylvester Stallone

It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion.

— Miyavi

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

— John Boorman

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

— Jackie Coogan

I am very happy being an actor. I am doing very well for myself in the acting profession. I am not going…

— Sonu Sood

I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's…

— Wilford Brimley

I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And…

— Olga Kurylenko

I have no problem with my age. I've been acting for 50 years in Australia and everyone knows my age because I…

— Jacki Weaver

My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be…

— Skylar Astin

It feels like as you get a bit older, you've worked out the things that are good for your life apart from…

— Dolly Wells

I love acting, every job is a dream job when you're an actor. I'd like to do eventually more film work and…

— Josh Hopkins

I honestly always thought my Master's in Fine Arts would get me further in the acting world than knowing how to work…

— James Michael Tyler

When you're no longer seeing yourself, in some ways. You're as close to being as you can be.I suppose that's consistent with…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I started as a child, in this PBS series 'Voyage of the Mimi,' which led to driving down to New York for…

— Ben Affleck

As an actor, you only get to work 15 minutes an hour; as a director you're fully immersed. It's incredibly more complex…

— Jason Bateman

Either in or out of time, the decision of a personal agency to commit an action happens antecedent to the action itself.…

— Dan Barker

When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect…

— Amy Poehler

I believe you have to start with a craft; you don't just start with a dream. You've got to put a lot…

— Goldie Hawn

If you're a theater director, you're not going to be prepared for the technical side. And if you're a technical director, you're…

— Neill Blomkamp

I've been fortunate to work with good directors who understand improvisation and understand the way comedians work. Luke Basan let me do…

— Chris Tucker

Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.

— Joan Crawford

For acting, a two-week workshop helped me break my shyness and made me able to perform in front of people.

— Nidhhi Agerwal

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

— Alicia Witt

If not acting, I could have done art direction, or sound, or camera, or costume for that matter.

— Sanjay Mishra

Man is a mimic animal, happiest acting a part, needing a mask to tell the truth.

— Subhash Kak

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

— Damian Lewis

My grandfather, K.R. Balan, a pioneer in the film industry, wanted me to try my hand at acting.

— Sangeetha Krish

I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.

— Matt Besser

I like to feel that something's alive in acting, like something's really going on.

— Jason Dohring

I've been acting professionally since I was 24, and it's the only job I've ever done.

— Grant Show

My father came to Hyderabad to become an actor, took an acting course, and realised he was camera conscious.

— Vijay Deverakonda

It's easy to direct while acting; there's one less person to argue with.

— Roman Polanski

For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person.

— Charlotte Rampling

I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously.

— Chris Noth

“[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?”

— Laurence Olivier

With acting, it was really more of a general kind of experience of really just loving being in the theater.

— Marisa Tomei