Acting is like music and you improvise. It's like jazz, there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's not a plan. You… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I would like to know that I was still going to be employed as a woman well into my 60s. In acting… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't… — Joe Frazier Copy Share Image
'Saturday Night Live' was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out their conscience, thus helping bring the collective conscience to life. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
After working on 'Europa,' I found it incredibly freeing to speak English in a film, so it kind of sparked an interest… — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken when my math teacher said, "You're failing in school, you're messing up, why don't you… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
When I first started getting into acting, I was doing improv in acting class, and I had done a serious monologue and… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
Everything is a lesson, and there's always something to take and to learn. Whether you're winning championships or you have a losing… — Jonathan Tucker Copy Share Image
The question we need to ask ourselves is whether there is any place we can stand in ourselves where we can look… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
What's great about acting is that there's never a moment when you're like, 'OK, I got this, I understand this.' You're portraying… — Cress Williams Copy Share Image
I'm not able to completely escape naturalism. It's very difficult to escape from naturalism without being too dry. That's what I try… — Philippe Garrel Copy Share Image
If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to… — Jon Voight Copy Share Image
It's so fun to play something that feels reckless - not all the time, but I really must be acting out something… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
We can be better, we can be wiser, we can be more kind. Yes we have to change. We have to grow… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
What I love most is the art, is making art, acting and being on set, and being a part of the process… — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done;… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Acting is such an insecure business, mainly because your career is always in somebody else's hands unless you're Robert Redford, Steve McQueen… — Mike Connors Copy Share Image
I remember the actor Dale Robertson said he quit acting when he got tired of having to hold his stomach in. I… — Ted Shackelford Copy Share Image
It's always a pleasant experience while acting because I like to surprise myself and the audience with what I do. — Divya Dutta Copy Share Image
One day, when I'm unable to physically perform, would I want to pursue more of an acting career? Eh, maybe. But I… — Randy Orton Copy Share Image
... actresses require protection in their art from blind abuse, from savage criticism. Their work is their religion, if they are seeking… — Nance O'Neil Copy Share Image
I think that children that are acting are always pretty savvy anyway because you're conducting yourself around adults a lot of the… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways… — George Packer Copy Share Image
I did my undergrad at Florida State, got a Bachelor's, and then I got my Masters in Acting at NYU. So I've… — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
Writing is much more satisfying on a certain level than acting ever was. Because you're not interpreting someone else's original idea, you… — Michael Beck Copy Share Image
I just stick to my job, which is acting. Things like posters, publicity material, and promotions are entirely the film-maker's prerogative. I… — Ranveer Singh Copy Share Image
What I've found is that stage is very much a foundation of acting. It's where it all began and you're working with… — Matthew Lewis Copy Share Image
Acting always affects every part of your life because it's such a solitary, lonely, and thrilling circumstance that you're taking on someone… — Joel Grey Copy Share Image
Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean we have to be larger than life. Worse, I've seen actors… — Preity Zinta Copy Share Image
Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and… — Tammy Blanchard Copy Share Image
My daughter Mickey is an actress, and I tell her women need to make their own films; they should always be looking… — Trudie Styler Copy Share Image
I did think that acting would be much more like being a pop star. Now I'm here, I can't think of anything… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
Nobody is really qualified to be the president. Basically it's an acting job. You have to act like you're the president. And… — Richard Jeni Copy Share Image
