I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about…

I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition…

— Maisie Williams

I would say I like expressing myself in different ways. The way I can express myself in songs is awesome. What you can express…

— Keith Stanfield

All you really have when you're acting is the confidence and your ability to manage and tell a story by creating a character.

— Billy Crudup

I think you'll find a lot of actors will be interested in history because it sparks your imagination so much. When you enter a…

— Tom Mison

I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on…

— Madisen Beaty

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's…

— Samantha Morton

I've always been a history buff. It was one of the few subjects at school that really, really caught me. I think you'll find…

— Tom Mison

I really take acting seriously.

— John Corbett

I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their…

— Jane Badler

When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is.…

— Andre Holland

I didn't really get into acting until halfway through college. Once I graduated I pursued it professionally, but it wasn't like I was always…

— Kelly Rohrbach

I had to go in and do the work of toning [invented "historical" bits] down in order to make them fit [in Lincoln in…

— George Saunders

When beautiful movie stars allow themselves to look terrible, people think they're really acting.

— William Wyler

It's really up to the acting community to be willing to be educated about what performance capture is in order to fully appreciate it…

— Andy Serkis

If I'm acting, I'm going to really be acting.

— Robby Hoffman