Acting Quotes · Page 131

A lot of acting projects and endorsement opportunities are coming my way.

— Sable

Only when a film comes along that I really believe in like this one will I turn to acting.

— Sterling Hayden

I'm a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.

— Brett Dennen

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

— Joanne Whalley

My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.

— Nicolas Cage

I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong.

— Rupert Penry-Jones

After acting in a critically acclaimed film like 'Kaaka Muttai,' I didn't get any offers for more than a year.

— Aishwarya Rajesh

I was on the verge of quitting… The Acting Center actually saved me as an actor.

— Cady McClain

I think in some ways I'm quite lucky to be living in London, there's this certain separation from the movie business. In…

— Freddie Highmore

There is a lot of years in my 20s that acting was really on the back burner not even saying I was…

— Craig Olejnik

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is…

— Patton Oswalt

In stand up, you get an awareness of how you come across, but in acting there is almost a hyper-awareness on how…

— Jim Gaffigan

“If you are looking for something, don't go sit on the seashore and expect it to come and find you; you must…

— Konstantin Stanislavski

You never know what's going to happen. That's why I like acting. It's precious to me to be able to live more…

— Bai Ling

Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express…

— Jodie Foster

A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain; But that's all one, our play is…

— William Shakespeare

After Titanic it would have been completely foolish for me to go and try and top that. I'm an English girl, I've…

— Kate Winslet

When I started studying acting in New York, I didn't plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting…

— Dolph Lundgren

Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance.…

— Brian J. White

There's so many things I want to accomplish in the world of acting. But, the two most important are that I want…

— Stone Cold Steve Austin

There's a lot to be said for women who want to focus primarily on acting. Other women, on the other hand, aspire…

— Danielle Campbell

I want to go to college. I want to have other options. But, as I get more and more involved with filmmaking,…

— AnnaSophia Robb

In Chicago it's really a case of the play's the thing - people are just so happy to be acting, you know?…

— John C. Reilly

I do remember when I was starting acting, going from one set to the next, with not much else going on in…

— Julianne Moore

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

— Ram Kapoor

The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

— Edward Norton

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

— Gene Wilder

Landing a role now is not based on my looks - more on my acting ability.

— Jude Law

Love is about what you feel and I feel that about my dance and my acting.

— Ankita Lokhande

Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment.

— Tina Yothers

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.

— John Wayne

The caviar was very high quality. I made an acting decision on the spot that Ismay was a big eater.

— Jonathan Hyde

What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.

— Katharine Hepburn

I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.

— Abby Elliott

To be honest, I am scared of acting, and moreover, I want to be perfect on the musical stage first.

— Hyuna

I'm not the smartest dude in the world. (After all... I picked a career in acting.)

— Stephen Amell

I don't think I am motivated enough to act just for the sake of acting.

— Jubin Nautiyal

Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.

— Isaac Brock

Music will always be a part of my life, but career-wise, acting is where my heart is.

— Rashida Jones

Acting for me sometimes is taking whatever personal experiences I have and try to apply that [to a role].

— Michael B. Jordan