Acting Quotes · Page 141

To be honest, I think music is such an important part of life, not just for acting.

— HoYeon Jung

I was a classical dancer and acting came naturally to me.

— Rimi Sen

The last time I had a job that wasn't an acting job was '88, and I'm quite proud of that.

— Robert Taylor

When I'm acting, I'm a woman but when I am directing, I am an animal because I am very demanding.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I have so many passions outside of my passion for acting.

— Anonymous

The idea was to become an actor. Then I found I really didn't like acting.

— Joe Lycett

Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.

— James Gray

My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.

— Blake Lively

I love acting in different genres and in recent times, 'D for Dopidi' was one such film; however, more often, I am…

— Varun Sandesh

Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my…

— Marilyn Monroe

Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I…

— Jack O'Connell

Increasingly I've come to think that what's at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it's feeling.

— Simon Callow

The toughest part of acting is never a single thing. It's more like a whole character. I find film really difficult -…

— Carey Mulligan

All you've got to do is turn up and have a few facial tics and be a lunatic and throw someone around…

— Paddy Considine

I love the simplicity of Kevin Spacey's work. He really does a subtle interpretation of every character, and that's kind of my…

— Devon Bostick

Wrestling and acting couldn't be anymore different in terms of what it takes to entertain. Wrestling is explosion, acting is implosion. One…

— Roddy Piper

They were all wonderful [on Andy Griffith Show], but I enjoyed Andy and Don and Ron the most. Ron played little Opie…

— Betty Lynn

Acting is a bigger step into modelling in a way. Modelling is easier when you don't look like yourself. When you look…

— Liberty Ross

I first came to Delhi with my parents when I was 15 years old. We went to see the Red Fort, and…

— Shenaz Treasury

I'm at the point in my career now, where I can take a bit of time to find exactly what roles are…

— Alexandra Daddario

If I'm given the opportunity of writing, directing and acting in the same film I would love to do it again. It's…

— Noel Clarke

Performance capture is a genre of acting which is not going to go away, it's going to proliferate more and more. I'm…

— Andy Serkis

My work is one thing and my identity is something else, but when acting is all I had, my identity was inevitably…

— James Franco

Writing and acting are almost diametrically opposed in terms of being an actor it's in your interest to be in shape and…

— John Buffalo Mailer

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

— Ron Silver

When I went to NYU, I took as many electives as I could in acting.

— Monica Barbaro

Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me.

— Amy Smart

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

— Domhnall Gleeson

I love creating things and I feel like that's what acting is. It's just being creative.

— Lainey Wilson

By the time I could have played football, I was already into acting and that's what I wanted to do.

— David Morse

I can't do method acting. I feel there is a different energy that comes when an actor is spontaneous.

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

Well, I went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy - I went to the conservatory - for acting.

— Christopher Jackson

Even though I feel I am a bit reticent and shy, performing arts like dancing and acting is like my alter ego.

— Sanya Malhotra

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.

— Tom Ellis

I have been into acting and direction, but choreography is my first love.

— Prabhu Deva

I actually didn't learn about acting until I moved to America, eventually met Bert Knapp and studied with him.

— Christina Pickles

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

— Edie Falco

Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be.

— Noel Coward

“The thing that makes you say, "I want to do something" - that is the beginning of talent.”

— Stella Adler

It's funny: the older I get, the more I can pick out when people are acting.

— Will Forte