I was someone who was out of control and not to be worked with. It was partly because method acting was a… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do.… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as… — Conrad Veidt Copy Share Image
You know, the great thing about acting or, indeed, filmmaking in general, is that we're all given a reason to do research.… — Danny Huston Copy Share Image
I never thought I would become an actor. When I started out, I never thought I would come so far. Acting was… — Jackie Shroff Copy Share Image
Well painting is certainly my main thing. I will keep doing that for the rest of my life, but if I become… — Autumn de Forest Copy Share Image
I think everyone's going to really try to keep costs down. The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have… — Eric Fellner Copy Share Image
There's something great about being a really young actor because you don't have a chance to be nervous. You don't know anything… — Henry Lloyd-Hughes Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a pop star growing up, but that dream was always tied to acting because there was a show… — Melissa Barrera Copy Share Image
I do a lot of teen shows and voice over work for animation, so when I got the part in 'The Number… — Paul Butcher Copy Share Image
I went to college at University of South Carolina and dropped out of chemistry, and to fill a class, the only spot… — Jonny Weston Copy Share Image
The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I came out to California to live with my mom in Orange County for a while, and then I came up to… — Jamie Anne Allman Copy Share Image
You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
As a kid, acting was my big escape. It's a way to experience worlds that I might not otherwise get to and… — Katy O'Brian Copy Share Image
I know that I have to move from speaking about Jesus to letting him speak within me, from thinking about Jesus to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
I never went to acting school; when someone expounds on motivation and all that stuff, I don't understand it. I was just… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
I've been a teacher all my life. I've had my own dance studio, my own acting studio for 18 years out here...… — Dee Wallace Copy Share Image
I started writing because it was hard to find acting jobs. I didn't like any monologues in auditions, so I started to… — Kirsten Vangsness Copy Share Image
“I'd known that, consciously-and yet I had done it anyway, gone right on with my plans, pursuing my routines, as though life… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Acting is about giving yourself away, like the U2 song 'With or Without You.' You just don't stay behind a character and… — Catherine Hicks Copy Share Image
If I wasn't acting, I think I would like to do interior design. Yeah, because you know, with the Balinese background, and… — Melissa George Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
I used to like Barbra Streisand films. It was 'Funny Girl' that really turned me on, in a sense, to acting. I… — Sean Harris Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
A few years later, when I was still going to these meetings, I was also "second-acting" every Broadway show [walking in with… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
The whole acting and Hollywood [thing], it's just work to me. Stand-up comedy ruins you so badly for doing television. I don't… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Coming at the acting business as a technician, I really enjoy the process of working. I really enjoy being in a rehearsal… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
There were two things that became apparent, pretty quickly into the process. One was that the muscles didn't take as much reconditioning… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
You're seen a certain way in the acting world. To them, you're still a football player and not taken as seriously. They… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
I'm a very competitive person. I always have been. And it's hard to be competitive about something as amorphous as acting. But… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
It's not enough to identify the Superobjective intellectually; you have to justify it, to find the emotional drive behind it. You need… — Larry Moss Copy Share Image
If someone called and the role was good and there was dignity and integrity in the piece, I'd be up for it,… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
With acting, it [auditioning] is very frustrating. I'm not very good at auditions. Sometimes I audition for a role and I'm like,… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
![“A few years later, when I was still going to these meetings, I was also "second-acting" every Broadway show [walking in with the crowd after intermission]. I snuck in to see Grease with John Travolta in kind of a secondary part and Adrienne Barbeau playing Rizzo, into Pippin, hung out with Ben…” quote by David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/486/david-copperfield-2966_acting_a-few-years-later-when-i-was-still-going_2385562.png)
![“The whole acting and Hollywood [thing], it's just work to me. Stand-up comedy ruins you so badly for doing television. I don't really need to be known anymore than I am. The slight sliver of fame I do have is hard to deal with. If I was actually well-known - I don't even know what to say to people…” quote by Doug Stanhope](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/34c/doug-stanhope-1528_acting_the-whole-acting-and-hollywood-thing-it_124805.png)
![“With acting, it [auditioning] is very frustrating. I'm not very good at auditions. Sometimes I audition for a role and I'm like, I'd be really funny in that role, but I'm not good at auditions so I guess I'm not getting that role. It's a very frustrating job.” quote by Jim Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e92/jim-jefferies-8092_acting_with-acting-it-auditioning-is-very-frust_2628940.jpg)
![“I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there is a lot of things going on with Rose. I kept telling Denzel [Washington] throughout filming [Fences] that the house is her joy and her tomb.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8c1/viola-davis-1174_acting_i-really-want-my-acting-to-be-definitive_1090517.png)
