I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take… — James Garner Copy Share Image
Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to… — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
In Method acting, you can't have preconceived ideas. You have to live in the moment. You have to keep yourself open. — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
Many people don't have a strong support system because entertainment is a tough industry to get into. Even though my family wanted… — Andrea Navedo Copy Share Image
Acting gives me the opportunity to be fascinating on stage or, I suppose; properly speaking, pretend to be fascinating. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling… — Rachel Ward Copy Share Image
A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Without the heart it is no worship; it is a stage play; an acting a part without being that person really which… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
For people who seriously want to get into voiceover acting, clearly the most important thing is that you must be a good… — Andrea Romano Copy Share Image
I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a… — Ed McCabe Copy Share Image
I honestly don't even know how I got into acting. It happened so quickly because my mom and sister used to do… — Bailee Madison Copy Share Image
I always feel secure. I can't be a pure actor if I feel insecure. I can't let other things take over my… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
Love the battle between chaos and imagination. Remember: Acting is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances. Remember: Acting is the way to live… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
To me acting and doing movies is really strongly about the present time. It's all about when you do it. It's to… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
A sexual athlete is not likely to find sufficient energy for work of another athletic kind, and the acting of great parts… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
Somebody once said that you can never act and be another person; you're only acting facets of yourself. I think there's a… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
I've been acting my whole life, which people don't realize. I just haven't had the opportunities that I've had with my dancing. — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
Acting is easy and fun. You earn a lot of money, and you bang out with girls. The profession is given tremendous… — James Spader Copy Share Image
Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me… — Jane Asher Copy Share Image
When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there. — Tamsin Egerton Copy Share Image
When everyone is moving towards depravity, no one seems to be moving, but if someone stops he shows up the others who… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second.… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
My mom was a great influence on my life. A real encourager in terms of acting because she was an avid reader… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
'Masoom' was like a picnic for all of us. We kids just wanted to have fun acting in the film. We never… — Urmila Matondkar Copy Share Image
I moved out to L.A. to be a filmmaker or director. I didn't even think about doing comedy or even acting. I… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
We in Ireland are gifted beyond most peoples with a talent for acting, and in Dublin especially, while scorning culture, which indeed… — Susan Mitchell Copy Share Image
My background with acting is deeply interwoven with my family life and my childhood. It's a 'Peter Pan'-like narrative, something that was… — Cole Sprouse Copy Share Image
Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That's true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally… — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
I've always turned down stuff where you had to be fat. I may be fat, but that's not why you play a… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I don't care if someone is new to acting or experienced in acting: you always learn something from them. It's just like… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
With acting, the response is usually delayed and takes time, unlike with singing, from where I instantly get fans' response. — Lee Min-ho Copy Share Image
It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're… — Michael C. Hall Copy Share Image
I've been chasing my music dream for a very long time and the acting dream just came up. But there are musical… — Roshon Fegan Copy Share Image
Being a professional wrestler surely prepares you for any acting role in that we have to act on live television, so there's… — Bill Goldberg Copy Share Image
A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I want to stay with dancing, because that's what I want to do the rest of my life. I want to be… — Maddie Ziegler Copy Share Image
Yeah, acting is very difficult. As much as I love it, and the challenge of it, I'm so often just terrified by… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school.… — John Bradley-West Copy Share Image
