Acting Quotes · Page 133

To be able to analyze plays and novels is so relevant to acting.

— Holliday Grainger

I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.

— Paul Newman

There's an element of control that comes with acting which you've just got to be really mindful of.

— Jonathan Bailey

I mean, I'm an actor when I'm acting, and the rest of the time, I'm just a guy.

— Ken Wahl

My acting has got to be natural. I didn't go to any drama schools. It's a gift from God.

— Scatman Crothers

I was never good at that Disney/Nickelodeon kind of acting. It's not really my cup of tea.

— Morgan Saylor

I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.

— Patricia Heaton

I started acting when I was 13, so acting has been, with great fortune, my job since I could get a job.

— Carla Gugino

I still believe Americas destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity.

— Anonymous

I've always believed in trying to be as open as possible. I think it almost comes with the job - if you…

— Emilia Fox

My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an…

— Ajay Naidu

I think I've grown up in an era where character acting on film has become less desirable for the producers and directors…

— David Suchet

As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of…

— Helena Bonham Carter

You can get a bit world-weary in this job, and 'The Passion' reminded me of what a fantastic job acting is and…

— James Nesbitt

I believed there were no Hypotheticals in the sense of consciously acting agents - conscious entities. There was only the process. The…

— Robert Charles Wilson

I feel as though, as an actor, you can only make brave choices when you're acting with people that you're so relaxed…

— Jaime Murray

If you do an indie film, where it's like, "We don't have a lot of money to give you, but we'll really…

— Dave Bautista

I recognize that I have a unique position to be a role model to young girls because I am doing something that…

— Danica McKellar

Im obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think thats extremely…

— Sami Gayle

I started acting when I was 13, but it really wasn't my plan. The actual decision to become an actor was when…

— Meital Dohan

We've all got a lot of catching up to do. I'm still learning how to act, for god's sake. When I see…

— Ernest Borgnine

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion. Robert Quillen As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and…

— Robert Quillen

There was no one moment when I decided I would spend my life acting. I am not certain that I will. Acting…

— Casey Affleck

I mean, I always knew that I was gay, yet this was a time when you were not encouraged to bring that…

— Amanda Bearse

I can only live my life in this way. I don't think I would be living it a different way if I…

— Dakota Fanning

Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.

— Common

Music is a big passion of mine, and to be able to do it on the side of acting would be amazing.

— Tony Oller

As time passes, I feel more and more a sense of acting being a fundamental part of who I am.

— Michael C. Hall

I love acting, but I don't know if I'll ever get used to it.

— Vanessa Hudgens

Since I got into acting, I always wanted to play a bad guy.

— Mukesh Rishi

I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.

— Parminder Nagra

I think, ultimately, looking back now, acting wasn't satisfying me 100%.

— Joey Lauren Adams

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

— Paul Guilfoyle

I never thought of acting Bollywood. I have not seen many films.

— Ritika Singh

I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.

— Joan Jett

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

— Liev Schreiber

I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating.

— Julie Benz

What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.

— Dakota Goyo

Junk food companies are acting very much like tobacco companies did 30 years ago.

— Mark Bittman