Acting Quotes · Page 110

I think the sense of performance and theatre was in my blood very early - but my father was more involved in…

— Carol Drinkwater

I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human…

— Peter Stormare

I think coming off of "Blame", I've been talking a lot about directing. It's something that I really love and connect with.…

— Quinn Shephard

On so many levels, acting in film and TV is so much the sum of its parts, and somewhere in there, there's…

— Eddie Redmayne

I'm much more a writer than an actor. Although I have a great respect for that and I enjoy acting still, it…

— Jason Gann

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper…

— Ayn Rand

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

— Christian Bale

I felt this when I was going from TikTok to standup or acting or whatever. There was a transition, but at the…

— Rachel Sennott

I think in this business [acting] there's the option to do a lot of things and say, "I don't care. I'm just…

— Kelli O'Hara

When I am not acting, I am in depression, and then I do depression management.

— Akshaye Khanna

I love acting, but I want to explore other things.

— Hank Azaria

I think I'm probably more passionate about acting now than when I was a kid. When I was young, I didn't know…

— Keri Russell

I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school.

— Nick Frost

My father is a great actor, but I am not into acting. Instead, I took to film direction, which is my passion.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process, where one rehearses constantly while acting, sits…

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

We're not allowed in the cutting room - and that's extraordinary. So, when a director is asking for certain nuances and colours…

— Dustin Hoffman

In our community, we are encouraged to take up professions like medicine or engineering that offer consistency and job security. Acting is…

— Nushrat Bharucha

While acting in 'W,' my worries about the way I act settled down. I also discovered another side of myself. It was…

— Lee Jong-suk

I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

— Queen Latifah

I'm attached to my land in Pantelleria as if I'd inherited it. Acting is my job, Pantelleria is my home.

— Carole Bouquet

I did some plays in high school. Yes. Never took it that seriously. My parents, however, wanted me to go to college.…

— Samuel Witwer

I do love acting. It's my second love and I would love to do more.

— Suzi Quatro

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

— Billy Crudup

What I think has been wonderful about my life is that it has been diverse, and that I've been able to do…

— Isabella Rossellini

Sometimes in the life of an actor you're not getting offered any jobs that speak to you. The trouble with acting is…

— Ethan Hawke

Packs a Huge Emotional Punch! Graceful Writing, Great Acting, Exquisite Direction, Suspense, Profound Subject Matter and It Rocks!

— Rex Reed

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not.…

— Charles Durning

The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful…

— W. Somerset Maugham

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.

— Estelle Parsons

I love acting. I can't imagine anything else that I would do. I know a lot of actors that really want to…

— Edward Furlong

When I was little, I was a voracious reader, and that really led me to acting as well. I loved being transported…

— Autumn Reeser

Acting makes me feel vulnerable. Especially depending on the type of emotion I'm portraying in a scene.

— Mpho Koaho

I wanted to be a playwright in college. That's what I was interested in and that's what I was moving toward, and…

— Greta Gerwig

I really like acting but, just now, the more I read a script I find myself thinking I'd like to direct rather…

— Billy Boyd

When I say that the acting is sort of like a normal acting experience, I'm just talking about the interacting in actual…

— Noel Fisher

I took my dad's name to carry on his legacy because acting feels like something I'm meant to do. I want to…

— Jasmine Cephas Jones

When we cannot find a way of telling our story, our story tells us-we dream these stories, we develop symptoms, or we…

— Stephen Grosz

Ralph Fiennes was a pivotal influence on me. He asked me, 'So what is it you want to do?' I very shyly,…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I didn't want to get stuck in pretty, public school roles, or I knew I'd end up as some sort of caricature.

— Robert Pattinson

It's never me saying, 'When is my day over?' It's more, 'When do they legally have to get me off of the…

— Stephen Amell