Acting Quotes · Page 79

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

— Liev Schreiber

Eventually writing became more interesting to me than acting.

— Sylvester Stallone

I started acting because it was essentially the way I needed to survive and equalize my inner life.

— Ari Graynor

Theatre contributes in the growth of an actor and lets one know the real worth of acting.

— Asrani

Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

— Sophocles

Acting in soaps proved a health hazard to me and I withdrew.

— Delhi Ganesh

With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.

— Nina Conti

I just stumbled into acting; my first choice indeed was music and sports.

— Prateik Babbar

We want the world's largest economies, including the United States, to be part of a global arrangement. An approach in which only…

— Paula Dobriansky

Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful even if it…

— Joan Allen

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun.…

— Jacquelyn Jablonski

My problem with the traditional acting method was that I never understood what you were supposed to be thinking about when you're…

— Tina Fey

I was lucky, and once I moved to L.A., I didn't have to get another job besides acting. But I wouldn't trade…

— Judy Greer

The first four years, I worked exclusively in the theater. I did a great deal of different types of acting - avant…

— Denis Lawson

My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two…

— Natalie Dormer

This is the way I see it: I've worked really, really hard for Tamera Mowry. I will eventually change my name to…

— Tamera Mowry

I gave my life to Christ, and I thought that would be it for me, and He was, like, 'No, you're not…

— Letitia Wright

In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is…

— Anonymous

Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the…

— Karen DeCrow

Acting is acting, as far as I'm concerned and, you know, how you manifest it is, at the end of the day,…

— Andy Serkis

I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated…

— Eddie Marsan

I'm just about the movies; I enjoy the dexterity of actors in action movies and the choreography side of things. You've just…

— Scott Adkins

I was a very undisciplined person but acting was something that actually motivated me to get up in the morning. I hadn't…

— Rufus Sewell

I had a wife and children. I was mostly working in painting and decorating and then taking the occasional acting job as…

— Charley Boorman

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

— Vaclav Havel

I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Fashion is really interesting to me, but I'm not a professional model, so I'm focusing my career on acting.

— Rinko Kikuchi

I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.

— Claudia Schiffer

I am not intimidated by puerile boys acting like pre-teens.

— Ellen Ullman

I am an actor. I love acting, and I absolutely love what I do, but I don't want it to be every…

— Maxine Peake

I don't recall ever deciding to pursue a career in acting.

— Lauren Cohan

People seem to be interested in me. So I try to keep my acting pretty simple.

— Clint Howard

It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting.

— Steve Buscemi

Such a big part of acting is getting your face out there and getting recognized.

— Shannon Purser

I'm lucky enough to say my day job is acting. I cut my teeth as a theater actor and playwright in New…

— Christopher Denham

I have realised what my pitch is, and I'm in this industry for the pure reason that I love acting.

— Bhumi Pednekar

Acting careers don't come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.

— John Boyega

I've been acting since I was five, and I hope it's something I can do forever. I love it.

— Madison Pettis

I started doing community theatre as a way to make friends, and that was when I caught the acting bug.

— Christina Hendricks

Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage.

— Gregory Peck