Acting Quotes · Page 59

I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate your own emotions.

— Scarlett Johansson

If you're used to being a maverick, then people don't get surprised when you start acting strangely.

— Richard Armitage

My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad.

— Sean Bean

We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.

— Barack Obama

Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.

— Miranda Otto

I really knew with every fiber of my being that acting was - for lack of a better word - my calling.

— Carly Chaikin

That's why I enjoy acting: getting in the mind of someone else.

— Luke Mably

When you're acting, it's a fantasy already; maybe it's the costumes - I love it. It's so fun.

— Meghan Ory

Acting's the best job there is. Pretending to be someone you're not is good fun. It's also a non-ageist profession, and you…

— Sean Pertwee

I was working a full-time job but not having anything in my savings account at the end of the month because of…

— Kelly Marie Tran

Acting has a strong sensual quality that I get such a... you say 'kick' in America? It's a fantastic profession in that…

— Erland Josephson

This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan…

— Matt LeBlanc

Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't…

— Ray Bradbury

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can…

— Anna Paquin

In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now…

— Eli Wallach

Providence The will of God acting together with human will. But he respects our will absolutely. He does not force. Love never…

— Michael O'Brien

I have friends in New York that won't leave New York, and they're really talented people, but they'd rather take an acting…

— Robert Englund

What surprised me about directing is how much I loved it and how happy I am to be on the set. I…

— Angelina Jolie

I think my personality leaks thru in all my roles. There are probably lots of parts of my personality that I don't…

— Jane Badler

I had no inclination to perform as a kid. I was a shy child - I always had my nose in a…

— Colman Domingo

Trump doesn't understand the counterintelligence process. Take, for example, Carter Page. He's been appearing on television and acting as though the U.S.…

— Malcolm Wrightson Nance

Acting is never really effortless, at least not for me. It requires a massive amount of work. But, there's definitely an added…

— Charlie Hunnam

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

In its most fundamental sense, execution is a systematic way of exposing reality and acting on it. Most companies don't face reality…

— Lawrence Bossidy

As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive.

— Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

If I weren't acting, I think I'd want to be a professional hockey player.

— Sterling Beaumon

Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.

— B. C. Forbes

Have you imagined me acting in a TV drama? I have, when I was young.

— Hyuna

All the love to our acting school, but some people were weird.

— Rachel Sennott

My first love is acting, but dancing comes naturally to me.

— Nora Fatehi

Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying.

— Tina Fey

In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.

— Tara Strong

If the costumes are wrong, you feel awful in them and it lessens your acting.

— Joan Chen

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

— Julianna Margulies

Courage is not the absence of fear, courage is acting in spite of fear.

— Anonymous

Actually I have to say when I'm acting, I try not to think about directing at all.

— Renee O'Connor

I stopped acting a long time ago and my primary career has been producing-directing film.

— Peter Billingsley

“You need to take some acting classes to learn to hide your huge crush on my husband better”

— Mary Papas

If I had to give up either acting or dancing, I'd choose to keep dancing.

— Cyd Charisse

I've always loved to incorporate music into acting because I have a passion for both.

— Luke Benward