I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can. If acting doesn't work out, I'd… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
I had a much shorter acting career than my directing career because I've always loved the crew. I've always loved everyone involved… — Amanda Bearse Copy Share Image
I don't know what I would have done without acting. I officially fell into it around age 6 in a class play… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
I only really discovered modelling in August 2014 when I went to the Royal Queensland Show in Brisbane and watched a fashion… — Madeline Stuart Copy Share Image
When I started acting, it was like a double identity crisis - your basic crisis, compounded by people saying, 'there goes Robards'… — Sam Robards Copy Share Image
I meet a lot of young people that want to go into acting because they think of what it will do for… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to pretend to be Bond; I used to make up scenarios and irritate my sister… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
Every time I walk by a spy shop, I think that I need to put some surveillance on somebody. Rick's been acting… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
An actor must communicate his author's given message--comedy, tragedy, serio- comedy; then comes his unique moment, as he is confronted by the… — Eleanor Robson Belmont Copy Share Image
I find myself acting for an editor more, because there's a quick turnaround with television, so you want to try and seem… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
Whether it's that moment in acting when everything is suspended and you're not yourself, or breaking through the veil of a very… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
“If I ever have to cast an acting role, I want the wrong person for the part. I can never visualize the… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
You have been called selfish for the courage of acting on your own judgement and bearing sole responsibility for your own life.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It was jarring to be berated for 'acting white' when I was placed in a predominantly black middle school in Southern California.… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless; forests which are so used… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I love to work. I know that sounds ridiculous to say because all people love to work, but I love the homework… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
I don't have any favourite's as all the actors that come to the industry are all well trained in acting. But I… — Satish Kaushik Copy Share Image
More than anything, acting was more like a confidence thing. I love words - I love English - but I don't have… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
The idea that Hezbollah is acting as an agent of Iran is very dubious. It's not accepted by specialists on Iran or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to have the ability to do what I want to do. And there are so many things that I… — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, when I'm writing in the first-person, is like a form of acting. So as I'm writing, the character or… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
While on film I can be very quiet and be this one kind of intensity; in real life I tend to be… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
I had to go in and do the work of toning [invented "historical" bits] down in order to make them fit [in… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever really get used to it, do you? There's always another little level of shock in it and… — Barry Keoghan Copy Share Image
You have the capacity to change the plot line of your life, even if you've been acting from the same script since… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I grew up in a financially insecure place because I knew that my parents were following their dreams which has pros and… — Zoe Lister-Jones Copy Share Image
People assume because you're a comedian that you want to be an actor or that you want to be a writer too.… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
My parents wanted me to be a doctor, and they weren't very happy at the idea of me choosing acting as a… — Caterina Murino Copy Share Image
My most recent project has been acting and dancing on VH1's TV series Hit the Floor. On the show, we perform at… — Allison Holker Copy Share Image
When I'm singing a song on stage, I hate hypocrites. If you don't put yourself in that lyric and emote and be… — Trace Adkins Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
I came from the stage so it was a different kind of acting, or a different arena of acting, and I just… — Freddy Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I did some plays in high school. Yes. Never took it that seriously. My parents, however, wanted me to go to college.… — Samuel Witwer Copy Share Image
I follow many tragedies around the world. At one point I [will] feel like I've accumulated an enormous amount of information, a… — Alfredo Jaar Copy Share Image
I try to think of acting in terms of thinking and doing. People think of it as, "Oh, let's get inside this… — Tobin Bell Copy Share Image
I think that, too many times, business has been seen as acting in its narrow self-interest rather than, essentially, contributing more broadly… — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
I've always been business-minded. I worked in corporate America before becoming an actress and knew that acting wasn't the end but a… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
![“I had to go in and do the work of toning [invented "historical" bits] down in order to make them fit [in Lincoln in the Bardo]. It's like if you're an actor and you're always overacting, well, you're a bad actor. But if you're an actor who subdues yourself to the extent that's necessary, then…” quote by George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/04f/george-saunders-317_acting_i-had-to-go-in-and-do-the-work-of-toning_347664.jpg)
![“I follow many tragedies around the world. At one point I [will] feel like I've accumulated an enormous amount of information, a critical mass amount of information, and I feel like acting - reacting. My manifesto has always been the same: I cannot act in the world before understanding the world. I…” quote by Alfredo Jaar](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/003/alfredo-jaar-30663_acting_i-follow-many-tragedies-around-the-world_71254.jpg)
