Acting Quotes · Page 98

Acting is a childlike thing. To act well, you have to be childlike in order to free yourself.

— Laurence Fishburne

I fell in love with the art of acting back when I was 10 years old, actually.

— Sinqua Walls

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.

— Adelaide Clemens

For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.

— Constance Zimmer

My father came to Hyderabad to become an actor, took an acting course, and realised he was camera conscious.

— Vijay Deverakonda

It's easy to direct while acting; there's one less person to argue with.

— Roman Polanski

For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person.

— Charlotte Rampling

I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously.

— Chris Noth

I went to acting school for like a year and ended up doing voiceovers and stuff. I could have done a lot…

— Mic Geronimo

When I was a child, I went to stage school three times a week in the evenings - singing, ballet, tap, modern…

— Michelle Dockery

When I was younger, it was really difficult for me to get acting jobs, because you're a kid and you don't fit…

— Crystal Lowe

I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about…

— Stephen Rea

Growing up I was told, 'Stop acting like a girl. Don't stand like that, don't act like that, deepen your voice.' But…

— Dominique Jackson

I haven't given up on acting, but I've gone away from it for a while to concentrate on myself and the fans…

— Daniel Logan

You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of…

— Don Johnson

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

— Alexia Fast

The belief, not only of the socialist but of those so-called liberals who are diligently preparing the way for them is that…

— Herbert Spencer

I enjoy acting now more than I ever have. I've had lots of difficult times when I was younger, but that was…

— Brian Cox

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven. Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women…

— Salma Hayek

With acting, there are a lot of subtleties and non-verbals involved. If someone is over there, getting eaten by a shark, there's…

— Mark McGrath

My acting has always been in the world of comedy, but in my writing, other than writing sketches, I really am drawn…

— Jim Rash

The ultimate purpose of Zen,' I remembered the roshi telling me, 'is not in the going away from the world but in…

— Pico Iyer

I had no idea I was hot. I was just like, "Oh, this is normal. You make two movies a year. This…

— David Krumholtz

I loved theater and went to Circle in the Square's post-graduate program for two years and studied acting and directing and I…

— Martha MacCallum

“[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?”

— Laurence Olivier

With acting, it was really more of a general kind of experience of really just loving being in the theater.

— Marisa Tomei

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

— Alicia Witt

If not acting, I could have done art direction, or sound, or camera, or costume for that matter.

— Sanjay Mishra

Man is a mimic animal, happiest acting a part, needing a mask to tell the truth.

— Subhash Kak

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

— Damian Lewis

My grandfather, K.R. Balan, a pioneer in the film industry, wanted me to try my hand at acting.

— Sangeetha Krish

I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.

— Matt Besser

I like to feel that something's alive in acting, like something's really going on.

— Jason Dohring

I've been acting professionally since I was 24, and it's the only job I've ever done.

— Grant Show

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

— Jackie Coogan

Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.

— Joan Crawford

For acting, a two-week workshop helped me break my shyness and made me able to perform in front of people.

— Nidhhi Agerwal

I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.

— Jack Lowden

I wanted to direct a film that can showcase my son's acting prowess.

— Thambi Ramaiah

I need both music and acting to even think about surviving life. I don't have a choice.

— Natalia Tena