Doing 'Hedwig' was so hard that I kind of burned out on acting. — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Success is not due to spontaneous combustion. You have to set yourself on fire.” — Various attributed sources Copy Share Image
Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking. — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I enjoy acting in all kinds of roles; it's only that I don't get the time to do all what is offered… — Dileesh Pothan Copy Share Image
I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all. — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance. — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're trying to capture the nuances of real life, but voice work is almost over-acting. — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
I will continue to do TV so long as I get to prove my acting prowess. — Vikrant Massey Copy Share Image
Because I'd grown up with this singular focus on sports, I just kind of did that with acting. That became an obsession.… — Frankie Shaw Copy Share Image
I started acting when I was young, and I didn't go to drama school. It was always something that I did alongside… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting… — Sarah Wayne Callies Copy Share Image
“Whatever genre you deem suitable for your taste – romance, comedy, action, mystery, sci-fi or anything else, make sure it has the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I'll be honest, acting in a commercial film has its perks - crazy stardom, crazy money and frequent trips abroad - but… — Shraddha Srinath Copy Share Image
“With every part you act, there must be a little of yourself in it. If there isn't, it's not acting. It's lying.” — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I think they’re having trouble adjusting to the emotions they have outside of their dreams. At any rate, they keep acting like… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I figured that to be a writer I would need to have been born in the nineteenth century, be British, or have… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
In my early childhood, I was a performer by nature. I used to do puppet shows as a kid and entertain kids… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I think the part of my acting career where I've been more successful, I've been incredibly cushioned. People are much too nice… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
Victor Hugo makes one of his heroines--an actress--say, "My art endows me with a searching eye, a knowledge of the soul and… — Charlotte Saunders Cushman Copy Share Image
Having God as an identity marker is nothing but a label, a language, and a lifestyle. I'm a Christian. I talk like… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
I majored in drama and theater arts at Columbia and was always in acting studio, but that was a liberal arts degree,… — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
I was in the drug store the other day trying to get a cold medication...Not easy. There's an entire wall of products… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
I'm a bug on acting, which distinguishes Second City from a lot of other revues. It comes from the character, the behavior,… — Bernard Sahlins Copy Share Image
