Acting Quotes · Page 26

One should not evoke violence by acting fearful.

— Theo Van Gogh

In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.

— Janine Turner

You never really see me acting a fool on TV.

— Vinny Guadagnino

“Who can enjoy acting in an empty theater ?”

— William Bolitho

Acting is my calling, not my career.

— Angela Bassett

You know, I come from an acting background.

— Kyle Gass

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

— River Phoenix

Oh my God, I love doing acting.

— Santigold

The Worst part of acting like a jerk isn't when you're doing it. Its when you realize you were.

— Pete Wentz

Success is the consequence of first having dreams and then acting upon them.

— Richard Tyler

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

— Sophocles

I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job.

— Denis Leary

The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.

— Davy Jones

The problem with acting is that there's really no control. You're at the behest of others.

— Leigh Whannell

I have no hesitation in taking up more acting assignments if good roles come.

— Balachandra Menon

My acting career had ups and downs. It's been a mix of everything.

— Zayed Khan

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I…

— William S. Burroughs

All I try to do is to realize the man I'm playing fully, then put as much into my acting as I…

— James Cagney

I was born first to music. But I went into acting because my father knew so much about music he intimidated me.…

— Michael Moriarty

When you pick a career like acting, it's challenging, but it's a lesson every time you put yourself out there. I wouldn't…

— Lisa Rinna

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt…

— Lena Dunham

If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

In acting, you're only responsible for your part. When you're directing, the load is on your shoulders, so you have to feel…

— Bob Odenkirk

A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting…

— Ben Affleck

I don't know if I'm particularly funny, I mean one of my legs is shorter than the other one, it makes everything…

— Robert Pattinson

I love performing. I love doing improv. It's a totally terrifying experience, but it's something that I've always felt so strongly about…

— Tatiana Maslany

When I'm out there, it's not even me who is doing the acting and the wrestling and the moving. It is something…

— Matt Sydal

Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really…

— Sam Shepard

I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once…

— Jesse Eisenberg

Modelling, initially, is interesting. I think acting is a long process and it is far more interesting a job. In acting you…

— Dino Morea

I went to theater school, and if I spent time with one school of thought in this whole acting game, it's the…

— Mackenzie Davis

I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Always I want to live more intensely and richly. why…

— Everett Ruess

Soap operas are like acting boot camps.

— Lindsey Morgan

Acting in a heroine-oriented film is a tough job.

— Sangeetha Krish

I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

— Ingrid Bergman

But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.

— Donald Sutherland

Acting means nothing unless it's truth. And honesty.

— Colm Wilkinson

Nothing happens until something moves.

— Albert Einstein

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

— James Lipton

Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.

— Raul Julia