Acting Quotes · Page 63

Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was…

— Gemma Arterton

I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can't stop. It would be like refusing to breathe.

— Veronica Roth

Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.

— Parker Posey

Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three.

— Mia Wasikowska

In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.

— Marlon Brando

The fame of an actor is won in minutes and seconds, not in years.

— Bram Stoker

I'm not going to do the story any service if my acting isn't strong.

— Shiri Appleby

What I like about acting is that you can be a different person every day.

— Allegra Versace

Acting serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life.

— Marlon Brando

I had a wife, kids and a mortgage and my acting career was nowhere, so I was painting and decorating people's homes.

— Charley Boorman

Acting is a lifelong love affair, and I am passionate and respect my craft to the utmost degree, which gives me the…

— Sebastian Roche

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm…

— Pauley Perrette

(A)nything not acting as a propaganda arm for the Democrats or the Leftist agenda is considered conservative these days.

— Tammy Bruce

I worked with my acting coach one-on-one for hours and hours, every single day for two months, before even setting foot on…

— Krysten Ritter

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up…

— Kristen Schaal

You never get tired of making money, and you never get tired of a great acting gig, a same role that you…

— Peter Jacobson

I'm still completely floored that I am a working actor, because I so immensely acknowledge how difficult it can be to get…

— Monica Barbaro

We must be unafraid to be utterly honest, to honor our gut feelings, and to say and do the unpopular when necessary.…

— Suzanne Falter-Barns

I've stopped showing actors what to actually do. I rather just talk to them about it. Then I usually play music. That's…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

I remember the first film I reviewed for the Daily was a John Ford Western. I think it was My Darling Clementine,…

— Roger Corman

Suddenly people were saying I was cocky because I'd done a Steven Spielberg movie and thought I was better than everyone else,…

— Christian Bale

I love acting because you don't have to do the same thing over and over again, every day, and that's what attracted…

— Jennifer Morrison

I've had times in the past where I wanted to give up acting, get my head out of the arts because it…

— Zawe Ashton

I am a huge fan of movies. It is my favorite thing during downtime. I get completely lost in films. I find…

— KT Tunstall

One went to school, one wanted to act, one started to act, and one's still acting.

— Maggie Smith

Mandy is not calm. So that's acting. I'm acting. And, and I love playing someone calm.

— Mandy Patinkin

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

— Rainn Wilson

Acting is my profession; I enact all roles with sincerity.

— Mohanlal

Truly successful people don't rise to the top by acting tough; they become better by growing stronger.

— Amy Morin

I still go to acting class. I love the craft. It's just so much fun for me, and I'm always a student.

— Eva Mendes

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I was watching TV, and there was a girl acting a fool. And I was like, 'I could do that.'

— GloZell

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but youve got a lot of downtime as well.

— Elize du Toit

Make acting seem real and as if it werent acting. Just make it real.

— Joseph Mazzello

In an interview Errol Flynn said that his hobby was acting but he doesn't have time for it.

— Jack Paar

It's closer to just acting in a film because it was a six-month commitment. We got to fly all over the world.

— Alan Tudyk

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

— Christian Bale

I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old.

— Megan Gallagher

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

— Victoria Beckham

The truth is you can acquire any quality you want by acting as though you already have it.

— Joseph Murphy