The most interesting thing about acting is when you go to the dark places, that's a lot of energy. When you go… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation: here therefore, by Silence and by Speech acting together, comes a double significance. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Good acting is confused with good dialogue delivery. Acting is about all about performance, and the way we interpret and understand the… — Rajiv Menon Copy Share Image
The upsides of acting in things is mostly getting your hair done and having people give you clothes. So as long as… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I like acting too much and it's too, I'm just too busy doing that and I'm too hungry for it, to get… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
My dad's an ex-policeman, and my mum is a sales representative, and they haven't got the acting bug. Bless them. — Olivia Cooke 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
What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Playing Arthur, I'm sorry to sound sappy, but it was a gift from the Gods. I've always been a working actor and… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
Listen, acting is not surgery, it's entertainment. You're doing something to hopefully move people, to make them laugh, to transport them. But… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
Acting is acting, and who you are will still remain to be who you are. You know, that part won't change it.… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I couldn't choose between all of those things! I looooove acting and dancing on Shake It Up, and I am currently in… — Zendaya Copy Share Image
You can see the meaning of the statement that "Literature is a living art" most easily and clearly, perhaps, by contrasting Science… — Arthur Quiller-Couch Copy Share Image
I consider being a performer work. I come from a theater family; I've been an actor all my life. I started acting… — Torquil Campbell 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
It is true that one has to think first and then to act - but it's also true that if one has… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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