Acting Quotes · Page 81

Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.

— Gaby Hoffmann

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

— Diane Kruger

I used to watch several films a day when I was a kid. This made me think about taking up acting as…

— Sangeetha Krish

When I'm not acting, I'm playing golf. I'm pretty passionate about it.

— Lucas Black

I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.

— Maxine Peake

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.

— William S. Burroughs

I learned a lot about acting from the people I worked with.

— Vincent Kartheiser

The trouble with plays these days is that they're too easy to understand.

— Robert Alan Aurthur

The true measurement of a person's worth isn't what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those…

— Anonymous

Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I…

— Marilyn Monroe

My approach to acting now is so different -- I'm fearless because I have nothing to lose. Before [children] my identity was…

— Jessica Alba

I had some acting experience; I studied theater in high school, but high school theater does not compare to Marvel Universe, let…

— Iman Vellani

I was just really wrestling with this idea of, 'Do I love acting or do I hate it?' And the truth is…

— Mike Faist

I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and I hope I am always in…

— Kajol

I've been very lucky to work with great filmmakers. But I think my days of just freely acting regularly, that being my…

— Adrien Brody

Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other…

— Susannah York

I've always loved movies but everyone loves movies, so I never conceived of the fact that I could actually be in them.…

— Channing Tatum

I love acting. I love stage work, more than anything. It's just live. It's right there in front of you. If you…

— Mike Tyson

Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is…

— Christian Bale

When I first began acting, I assumed an intellectual responsibility attached to my profession, which I had accepted for a long time.…

— Christopher Reeve

I always revered people that I thought had an idea and proceeded through with it. I guess I've been that way since…

— Clint Eastwood

The actor's physical type isn't and shouldn't be the main consideration. Does the actor look the part? It is the simplest question…

— Harold Clurman

I couldn't function if I weren't allowed to stretch and do really different characters where I can change the whole "beingness" of…

— John Travolta

When the scene is over, a lot of people cut. The actors are acting. And they just stop acting. But I think…

— Clea DuVall

Adults acting like children and children acting like adults is generally a pretty reliable comic device.

— Seth MacFarlane

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldnt call on me.

— Peggy Lipton

Well, I was actually home-schooled because I was already acting.

— Justin Prentice

Acting has been my first passion, and turning a producer was a natural progression.

— Riteish Deshmukh

Most actresses began their career as glamorous pin-ups before being noticed for their acting talents.

— Sameera Reddy

I don't think I'm very cool as a person. I'm just better than anyone else at acting cool.

— John Travolta

Authentic discovery, when captured on camera, I think, is tremendous acting.

— Matt Walsh

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My art, like my acting, is a profound expression of poetic license.

— Adam West

Literally, I think I've quit acting three or four times, only for a few days. Maybe for a few weeks.

— Mark Ruffalo

But acting is just something I do. It's not a passion like filmmaking is.

— Dileesh Pothan

When you start so young working, you build a hunger for acting, working, and a busy life.

— Bonnie Wright

I fell into music, but I just needed to find the right moment to jump into acting.

— Brendon Urie

I want to be the Denzel of acting and the Michael Jackson of music.

— Trevor Jackson

I don't think I even called myself an actor until I went to college and studied acting.

— Myha'la

I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older.

— Dakota Goyo