It came up after doing St. Jimmy on Broadway for American Idiot. I loved acting, and so I just kept my options… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
For a while, I thought, maybe I should direct, until I got to New York and saw the stupidity of that idea.… — Linda Hunt Copy Share Image
When I started acting, I thought everything should be issue-based and that there should be a helpline at the end of every… — Jason Isaacs Copy Share Image
Worry is really just a form of atheism. Every time you worry, you're acting like an atheist. You're saying, "It all depends… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much… — Helen Slater Copy Share Image
An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
That fundamentally undermines your ability to access the best part of your instincts. So my advice to those people would be stop… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Even acting in 'Master of None' or 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody,' when I was a kid, I never ever thought that… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
I personally like to talk to people when I'm not doing a scene, still acting as if I'm in Gotham when I'm… — Camren Bicondova Copy Share Image
The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
I think it's an American curse that most of us think we are special. ... everyone believes themselves to be superior to… — Fay Faron Copy Share Image
My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel, who was my… — Gale Harold Copy Share Image
When you're in your early 20s, a lot of characters can be one or two dimensional. You want a role to substantiate… — Tom Hughes Copy Share Image
Acting is fun. I enjoy it, but there is just not many opportunities to do it on a serious level. It is… — Thomston Copy Share Image
I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I'll have a chance to have some say… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I find that you can use an acting technique when the thing isn't working, not that you make the technique the end… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
My passion is acting, and has always been. It's what brought me to this point of being able to diversify and do… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
After being in one movie, it didn't seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I'd been… — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
I love being creative. I love acting, but I also love directing because you get to have a vision for the whole… — Juliet Landau Copy Share Image
One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Everybody else, they're wonderful, but [Robert] Duvall sets the tone for all of cinema acting. So just to be in his space… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
When we look to cast somebody who hasn't had any acting experience before, it's really essential we find somebody who at some… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights. — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
Give more acting roles to 48-year-old half-Lithuanians who just don't want to be pigeon-holed as bakery presenters. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
“If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The reason why people are huge stars is nothing to do with acting. It's the magic. Charisma is a word that's used… — Shirley Eaton Copy Share Image
I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I… — James Franco Copy Share Image
When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to… — Cindy Margolis Copy Share Image
Stage acting lets you feel the character a little better, but in the movies, you have to keep regenerating your energy level… — Yvette Mimieux Copy Share Image
People should be good, established people; the filmmaking and acting experience should be heartening. So I chose films where I would get… — Tabu Copy Share Image
I felt so ashamed of my modeling history when I first got into acting, so I tried to hide that part of… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
At school, I was a shy lad and still am. But acting gives me licence to be up there, demanding the focus.… — Emun Elliott Copy Share Image
People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever.… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
You don't have any kind of sense of being foolish when you are acting. When you're younger you don't want to look… — Tom Wilkinson Copy Share Image
I got started acting by going to auditions that my mom found in the entertainment section of our local news paper. Then,… — Tyler James Williams Copy Share Image
I made a naive decision, and I joined the Navy. I figured I would use the G.I. Bill to pay for any… — Angelica Ross Copy Share Image
I did a run of a play over the summer in a really tiny theater in New York and that was rejuvenating… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
Human beings, in their thinking, feeling and acting are not free agents but are as causally bound as the stars in their… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I walked out the wrong car door and started walking into the crowd, An interviewer said, 'Give your best horror scream,' and… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
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