Act Quotes · Page 10

“Every action is a performance.”

— Andrew Davenport

I just want to act. I just want to do the work.

— Alison Lohman

I am really excited to act in a Punjabi film.

— Amita Nangia

I never act like something I'm not.

— Patrick Beverley

I act every day of my life.

— Thom Browne

“As you think so you act.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

My goal is to continue to act and still be a professional kiteboarder.

— Maika Monroe

If it's an evening with Toto, that usually means there's no opening act.

— Steve Porcaro

“You are with me now. Drop the act and kiss me.”

— Zøe Haslie

As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences.

— Anita Shreve

If you're a plumber, you plumb. I'm an actor. I act.

— Adam West

The honor is overpaid, When he that did the act is commentator.

— James Shirley

Writing fiction is an act of imaginative empathy.

— Andrew Sean Greer

When LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the modern Southern GOP was born.

— Steve Kornacki

I really learned how to act on camera through 'Power Rangers' because I hadn't done a lot of film and TV.

— Erin Cahill

“Punctuality is not just limited to arriving at a place at right time, it is also about taking actions at right time.”

— Amit Kalantri

“If it must be enjoyed, then it must be done. And if it must be done, then it must be done well.…

— Israelmore Ayivor

To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.

— Paul Theroux

“Make her smile, make her laugh and make her happy; because this is the only Truth, Meaning & Beauty act any human…

— Sameh Elsayed

We were able in the Recovery Act to get a program where we increased our loan guarantees to 90 percent. Because we…

— Karen Mills

I just want to act - commercial, mainstream, niche or art - my choices are not defined by labels.

— Diana Penty

I think that instead of feminism being a political thing, it should be an act of creativity. It's more of a rock…

— Caitlin Moran

My 'act' was schoolwork. I was your basic, garden-variety, ambitious, upwardly mobile, hard-working Jewish boy from Brooklyn. I was bound to go…

— Clive Davis

When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a…

— John Carpenter

Do you always do as you would like to do were it in your power? I find that circumstances force me often…

— Richard Jefferies

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of…

— Brian Eno

The very controversial National Identification Act of 1991, requiring all United States citizens to carry identification, has greatly enhanced the ability of…

— Richard Lamm

I had a very good sexual education. My mother was very advanced in that regard. She conveyed to me the sense of…

— Gioconda Belli

There's a certain level of comfort that comes when you move in together. The mystery is gone. She starts dressing for bed…

— Marlon Wayans

“In all important transactions of life we have to take a leap in the dark… If we decide to leave the riddles…

— James Fitzjames Stephen

I'm a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself.

— Jess Walter

If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.

— Rebecca Hall

I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.

— Samantha Isler

“Christlikeness means to live and act as Christ lived and acted.”

— Jim George

I'd like to act in a film without special effects.

— Richard Armitage

I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

— P. Chidambaram

If I couldn't act, I'd really love to try music.

— Ryan Eggold

I got a few laughs and decided I was going to act.

— Dianne Wiest

If we have intelligence on the location of terrorist training centers, it is insane not to act.

— Bob Beckel

Pleasure is a revolutionary act in the face of pain.

— Kevin Young