I was lazy. I would have been a hell of a lot better actress had I taken it more seriously. I never… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
I'd been doing some light-beer commercials for Budweiser and Coors, and I was doing stand-up comedy. I wanted to get into the… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
I became more part of the industry after quitting acting. I contribute greatly to the industry, as I bring in talent, provide… — Pooja Bhatt Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of… — Maria Jeritza Copy Share Image
When I finally decided that my only hope was to go to college, I took an acting class, and once I walked… — Ernie Hudson Copy Share Image
I was earning a living. I was getting into more acting, then 'Coronation Street' came along, and it was the chance of… — Bradley Walsh Copy Share Image
Love is as strict as acting. If you want to love somebody, stand there and do it. If you don't, don't. There… — Tyne Daly Copy Share Image
The only guy that was ever affected by climactic conditions in his acting was Kirk Douglas. He did a superb job in… — Walter Matthau Copy Share Image
I wouldn't recommend it, because art school is a funny business. Yes, if you can find a situation where they'll give you… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
The music industry is something that I'm still trying to understand. With acting, I've been doing it for so long that I… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
The old-fashioned idea that the simple piling up of experiences, one on top of another, can make you an artist, is, of… — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
My father was a television director and producer, working on documentaries and current affairs programmes including 'Panorama,' and I didn't think he'd… — Sarah Alexander Copy Share Image
I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics.… — Leander Paes Copy Share Image
I was playing a role and acting. But it was different than Spike Lee's movie. Spike can say 'cut' and move to… — Ron Stallworth Copy Share Image
It's really fun to go back and forth from acting projects to directing projects. You don't have as much responsibility when you're… — Katie Aselton Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of experience with not allowing myself to experience certain emotions, like anger and confidence, and with acting you're… — Alison Sudol 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
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
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
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
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'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
