My parents reckoned it was worth giving acting a go, so I dropped out of college a few months in. — Dylan Llewellyn Copy Share Image
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You're always going to have to prove yourself, because acting is such a capricious game. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting. — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
You have to be truthful and believable in whatever you do and that is the founding principle of acting. — Kay Kay Menon Copy Share Image
Acting is characterization, the process of two entities merging-the actor and the role. — George C. Scott Copy Share Image
I really just like acting. I'm not always aware of what is hip and what is popular and what is zeitgeist. — Kevin McKidd Copy Share Image
I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work. — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
To give a good interview, I often found it's a bit like acting, except it's yourself, so you have to be yourself. — Alex Sharp Copy Share Image
I definitely think that using that artistic side of your brain, just having an outlet for emotion is very important, whether it… — Sarah Jeffery Copy Share Image
It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to… — James Coburn Copy Share Image
I once asked Barbara Stanwyck the secret of acting. She said: 'Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've… — Fred MacMurray Copy Share Image
It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons. — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven. — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
Acting is a career without a safety net, because it's not like a professional job where every year you hope to be… — Naomie Harris Copy Share Image
I enjoy so many different art forms; I don't just want to focus on acting. I love music. I love writing stories.… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
Acting is definitely an incredible pursuit, but on the other side, it's a business, and learning where art meets business was a… — James Wolk Copy Share Image
My goal has always been not to look forward to the next thing, but to relish and celebrate the successes I have… — Dianna Agron Copy Share Image
I've been acting for years and years, at prep school - school plays, that kind of thing. That was always very high… — James Callis Copy Share Image
Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits. Ive been training as an actor for six years. Nobody goes to… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
I believe, and this is perhaps too nationalistic a view, that the American style of acting puts actors quickly in touch with… — Arthur Penn Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I was a bad singer. I mean, all my early acting was musical theater, and my… — Sam Claflin Copy Share Image
I had success as an actor relatively early. When I was 22, I got nominated for an Academy Award for The Last… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
From our limited vantage point, our lives are marked by an endless series of contingencies. We frequently find ourselves, instead of acting… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
