Acting Quotes · Page 9

I have actual acting scars.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Acting just came to me.

— Hafthor Bjornsson

Acting was never on agenda.

— Diana Penty

There is life after acting.

— Suzanne Crough

I do find acting cathartic.

— Francesca Annis

Acting is something I love.

— Rod Taylor

Acting is such a weird job.

— Michael Cera

Acting is acting.

— Brent Spiner

Acting is all I know; being on a set is all I know.

— Tyler Posey

I love acting, truly my favorite people are actors.

— Sean Penn

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

— Sabrina Bryan

I really take acting seriously.

— John Corbett

Before I started acting, I'd never wear makeup.

— Mia Goth

Acting is about acting, not about being a movie star.

— Tyler Christopher

Acting is where my heart is. I love acting.

— Fiona Gubelmann

God is only God when he is acting as such.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works.

— Devon Werkheiser

“I think acting is revealing to people what it means to be human.”

— Nick Enright

Acting is probably the number one team sport in America as far as I'm concerned.

— Neal McDonough

I think chemistry is about not acting, but reacting, and not talking, but listening.

— Amy Poehler

I'd always wanted to act, but it was a question of whether acting wanted me and whether the movies wanted me.

— Anjelica Huston

Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.

— Nathan Fillion

I studied music formally. I was probably less formal about my study of acting than anything.

— David Carradine

I decided at age 5 to start acting and I have never wanted to do anything else.

— Lois Robbins

The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination ...is an unfortunate reality...and the government is not…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

I've only been acting since 2009 and I learn more and more with each job. I think I prepare and I'm very…

— Jenny Slate

One of the traditions of film acting is a sort of mumbled realism. Be minimal, and do less. 'Even less than that.'

— Danny Boyle

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the…

— Stephen Sondheim

I have three brothers and a sister. One older and three younger. My oldest brother Danny plays Hyde on 'That '70s Show,'…

— Christopher Masterson

I was afraid that I'd be typecast as the token firang. That happened initially. Now, I am acting in 'Noises Off' and…

— Jim Sarbh

I would like to give acting a go. I studied it for a long time; I just want to make sure when…

— Adwoa Aboah

I'm in love with the entire industry and every aspect of performing and directing, even writing, and I love working with acting…

— John Callen

I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft.…

— Denis Leary

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if…

— Derek Jacobi

I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit for me.…

— Cameron Mathison

Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's…

— David Mamet

Lee Strasberg told me I had talent. Real talent. It was the first time that anyone, except my father--who had to say…

— Jane Fonda

Good fortune almost always makes some change in a man's behavior - in his manner of speaking and acting. It is a…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost -…

— Kathleen Turner

There are novels that end well, but in between there are human beings acting like human beings. And human beings are not…

— Margaret Atwood