Acting Quotes · Page 113

This is one of the reasons I like to act - it's because acting forces you into situations you don't know.

— Holly Hunter

I was a bit scared because I came from the acting world. There was a fear that people would think of me…

— Jana Kramer

The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

— Confucius

I've loved acting since I can remember.

— John David Washington

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when…

— Michael Pitt

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

— Claudette Colbert

It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure…

— Colin Powell

I went to University after my A levels and did a degree in performing arts. It was only when I got there…

— Freema Agyeman

When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.

— Karl Kraus

I think as film actors we are comfortable on stage because we know what the audience expects. The only tricky part is…

— Suhasini Maniratnam

In high school, my goal was to be a writer for SNL, then I got into the acting.

— Illeana Douglas

When I was building my career as a choreographer, acting just happened.

— Prabhu Deva

I have done hard jobs in the past, and acting isn't one of them.

— Graham McTavish

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead…

— Ed Asner

To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find…

— Warren G. Bennis

I kind of figured if I couldn't get a job as a dwarf, looking as I do, I should just give up…

— Stephen Hunter

I realised that if I wanted to act, I needed to join theatre where I could improve my acting skills first and…

— Abhimanyu Singh

I did what I always wanted to do. Wrestling. - conquered that. Can't physically do it anymore. So now what? Maybe I'll…

— Edge

I am not an actor. Yes, every so often I appear on talk shows to promote something I've written, and I enjoy…

— Alan Zweibel

I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do…

— Ethan Hawke

I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to…

— Charlie Day

Definitely, there's a lot of trouble you come up against when you're acting and directing, about your performance. Sometimes it's hard to…

— Jodie Foster

It is really tough acting in a comic role.

— Kirron Kher

Then there is Abhimanyu Ray, Honey Trehan, Nandini Srikanth, Shanoo Sharma, we have so many great casting directors who have nothing to…

— Abhishek Banerjee

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

— Denzel Washington

Oh my God, I love doing acting.

— Santigold

I love acting. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

— Michelle Trachtenberg

One of my dad's friends from the music industry came over to our house one time and heard me sing, and he…

— China Anne McClain

Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's…

— Michael Schoeffling

It was always fun auditioning for commercials, because that was the beginning of my career, and me figuring out how I was…

— P. J. Soles

I would love to be producing movies, acting in more movies, and doing projects that are Oscar-worthy... have kids, be married, all…

— Letitia Wright

Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I…

— Jack O'Connell

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise.

— Lauren Bacall

I was modeling overseas but, during the holiday seasons, summer and winter, I came back to Korea for some time and I…

— HoYeon Jung

If you have the opportunity to watch Nathan Fillion or Jim Carrey do a scene, it's like getting a Ph.D. in acting.

— Molly Quinn

Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who…

— Dakota Fanning

When I started acting, I was asked said, 'What's your dream?' 'What would you like to achieve?' I would say, 'Oh, I'd…

— Sharon Stone

I did theatre when I was nine, I think. Nine and ten, and that was just the beginning of my whole involvement…

— Amanda Seyfried

Acting is a bit like tennis in that you can't really do it on your own.

— Tom Hiddleston

We want to see football. If people want to see acting, they go somewhere else, not the stadium.

— Lothar Matthaus