Acting Quotes · Page 229

I'm trying to find the truth in myself. To play somebody else doesn't interest me. It's not the focus of my life.…

— Neil Diamond

I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on…

— Gillian Jacobs

Honestly, I was always very keen on acting in the South Indian films. I think people here have a notion that Bollywood…

— Zareen Khan

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

— Elizabeth Olsen

It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people…

— Randy Harrison

I had to leave my three-year acting course at Guildhall a little early to start filming Chris Nolan's 'Dunkirk.' It was an…

— Tom Glynn-Carney

I started off as a mimicry artist, have sung 'Gaana' folk music and popularized pop music in the South before I got…

— Karunas

I've always been drawn to acting work that you invite the audience into. Very avant-garde work, movement-based pieces and film.

— Lily Gladstone

In acting you do a lot of research. Audience watch Jet Li because of the fight. They watch other actors because they…

— Jet Li

I've had the acting bug since I was, like, five. But growing up, I saw how people treated me differently when they…

— John David Washington

Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind…

— Laozi

A lot of times, when you're acting, you have to explain things to the audience, and it's boring work to do that.…

— Andie MacDowell

Because I also write, I really admire Latinas who are creating content. That's the next step. We can talk about seeing more…

— Chrissie Fit

When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and my…

— Alexander Ludwig

I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school.…

— Louis Gossett, Jr

Definitely, there's a lot of trouble you come up against when you're acting and directing, about your performance. Sometimes it's hard to…

— Jodie Foster

When I was a child, I went to stage school three times a week in the evenings - singing, ballet, tap, modern…

— Michelle Dockery

I went to acting school for like a year and ended up doing voiceovers and stuff. I could have done a lot…

— Mic Geronimo

When I was younger, it was really difficult for me to get acting jobs, because you're a kid and you don't fit…

— Crystal Lowe

I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about…

— Stephen Rea

Growing up I was told, 'Stop acting like a girl. Don't stand like that, don't act like that, deepen your voice.' But…

— Dominique Jackson

I moved to L.A. straight out of graduating my arts high school and worked three jobs to afford living while taking acting…

— Madelaine Petsch

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

— Alexia Fast

You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of…

— Don Johnson

I haven't given up on acting, but I've gone away from it for a while to concentrate on myself and the fans…

— Daniel Logan

I drifted into acting, and I've drifted into my career, and I've never been guided by anything particularly concrete.

— Rupert Graves

I really loved getting to interact with an animal or a baby or a kid in a scene because they don't really…

— Maya Hawke

I remember lying in bed one night when I was 15 and deciding I was ready to go into acting properly. I'd…

— Lily Collins

Acting was never planned. I happened to do an ad that was hugely publicized. After that, I got an offer for a…

— Jasmin Bhasin

I love acting in different genres and in recent times, 'D for Dopidi' was one such film; however, more often, I am…

— Varun Sandesh

Being a Horseman isn't something you put on in the morning and take off at night. It's a state of mind. It's…

— Arn Anderson

Unfortunately, my dancing skills never came to the fore, as I got involved in acting on television, where an actor doesn't get…

— Vikrant Massey

Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my…

— Marilyn Monroe

Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I…

— Jack O'Connell

Increasingly I've come to think that what's at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it's feeling.

— Simon Callow

The toughest part of acting is never a single thing. It's more like a whole character. I find film really difficult -…

— Carey Mulligan

I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In Asia, I didn't feel like I was Chloe. I felt like I was acting like someone in Asia. I was acting…

— Chloe Bennet

Well every moment, every project is different. I took a very slow approach to acting, trying to really work with people I…

— Mark Wahlberg

I love the process of discovering a new world - that's why I'm passionate about acting. It's just discovering life, feelings, ideas…

— Alice Braga