Acting Quotes · Page 126

I kind of figured if I couldn't get a job as a dwarf, looking as I do, I should just give up…

— Stephen Hunter

I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.

— Kim Novak

I started acting when I was, like, five in monologue competitions at this private elementary school.

— Josie Loren

I love doing 'Cope.' It allows me to do all three things I love: singing, dancing, and best of all, acting!

— Paula Kelly

Make acting seem real and as if it weren't acting. Just make it real.

— Joseph Mazzello

Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me.

— Chuck Yeager

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.

— Lupita Nyong'o

I don't do much acting anymore anyway, and not to work for 20th Century Fox is really the least of my worries.

— Hugh Grant

I was with my grandmother, while one of my brothers lived with my dad, and one lived with my mom. It wasn't…

— Ben Mendelsohn

The moment I do any puppy dog acting, I think the joke is dead. It's in the truth of how I play…

— Jason Gann

Poetry has in a way been my bridge to my acting career. I had so many questions about my life, so I…

— Omari Hardwick

I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a…

— Carice van Houten

I have such a strong acting background because I know what I'm looking for, I know what the needs are, and I…

— Charles Martin Smith

There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character…

— Edward Norton

My feeling is, I do a lot of low-budget films. I don't do low-budget acting. I have no interest in just goofballing…

— Lance Henriksen

I remember I was so crabby in my third trimester - I got gestational diabetes because I'd been acting like I was…

— Caroline Rhea

This business of friendship was a curious thing, almost as difficult to learn as the busuness of acting. Sometimes you were expected…

— Anonymous

In acting you do a lot of research. Audience watch Jet Li because of the fight. They watch other actors because they…

— Jet Li

I've had the acting bug since I was, like, five. But growing up, I saw how people treated me differently when they…

— John David Washington

A lot of times, when you're acting, you have to explain things to the audience, and it's boring work to do that.…

— Andie MacDowell

Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind…

— Laozi

Because I also write, I really admire Latinas who are creating content. That's the next step. We can talk about seeing more…

— Chrissie Fit

The theater is a kind of international language, and I like it. But I have a practical bent of mind, too. In…

— Carolyn Jones

Well, for the transition from rapper to actor, I was fortunate that director John Singleton pursued me for about two years to…

— Ice Cube

My celebrity has held steady since the day I began acting. I don't view it as celebrity. I'm just a worker.

— Adam Goldberg

I believe acting also has a retirement phase. Unfortunately, no one in the industry is ready to accept that.

— Salim Kumar

Ever since I was a very little girl, I've dreamed of acting.

— Eva Herzigova

Acting is just another facet and it will not affect my output as a music director.

— Vijay Antony

I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much.

— Deborah Kerr

I give so much of myself to acting that if a part of me feels like it's not worth it, I'm gonna…

— Melissa Barrera

I've never had an acting lesson in my life. I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing.

— Jason Statham

When I'm not acting, I'm at the beach. I like to spend a lot of time in the water, surfing.

— Brenton Thwaites

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.

— Gary Kemp

I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.

— Eli Wallach

Growing up, I wasn't sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

— Daniella Alonso

Years of live storytelling and character acting have helped me with building vivid locations and scenes.

— David Crabb

Romance is possible between two people at any age! I love feeling young and acting young as I age.

— Kim Alexis

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

I have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work.

— Meryl Streep

When I entered the film industry, I didn't know anything about acting.

— Kirti Kulhari