Acting Quotes by Annette Bening

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

— Annette Bening

Why I love acting is that it's totally subjective and I like that. I like that.

— Annette Bening

To me, I didn't think of acting as being a young thing only.

— Annette Bening

Getting all dressed up and putting on fancy clothes - all of that's a great thing, but oddly, it doesn't really have…

— Annette Bening

I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're…

— Annette Bening

I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is…

— Annette Bening

That's one of the most important things about acting is not just when you're speaking but when you're taking in from someone…

— Annette Bening

All of modern acting comes from Stanislavski, who was the Russian partner to Chekhov. When Chekhov was writing his plays, Stanislavski was…

— Annette Bening

A lot of acting is working with your own psyche in order to allow yourself to be open and reveal yourself. But…

— Annette Bening

I think in the past, around the time that method acting became so prevalent, it used to be that American actors were…

— Annette Bening

As an actor, you want to be open to the unexpected. So in order to be open to that, you do have…

— Annette Bening

There's a lot of different ways of going about teaching acting and ultimately you have to just kind of create your own.…

— Annette Bening

I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie…

— Annette Bening

Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend…

— Annette Bening

Of course, you can never watch something like somebody else watches something like you, but nonetheless, you have to try. So I…

— Annette Bening

I'm just as intrigued by acting as ever. It's an ongoing process. There's no arrival. There's no point at which you say…

— Annette Bening

Modern acting is method acting, most of it. And there are sort of different schools, so I guess I'm not really from…

— Annette Bening