Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I don't like being watched, and I don't like being told what to do, so acting is a very poor professional choice. — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
If you're saying the same line 10 times and making it look like you just came up with it, that's acting. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
When I was in college, it was on the recommendation of a friend of mine. He recommended that I take an acting… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
I like acting and being a musician. It's like comparing apples and oranges. But I really like my day job. I've always… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
In a film where I am acting, do you seriously think I would have the time to keep track of the number… — Payal Rohatgi Copy Share Image
You have these 'hot towers', tropical storm clouds acting like chimneys to carry heat to the upper atmosphere. — Peter May Copy Share Image
I have tried to protect myself against men, to react against their madness to discern its source; I have listened and I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to acting work that you invite the audience into. Very avant-garde work, movement-based pieces and film. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
For me, acting is like a pool you dive into. If you're lucky, you find what you need, then get out again. — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
Acting is like sex, it’s possible if your partner is bad, but it’s better if they’re good. — Xavier Samuel Copy Share Image
When you make music you are acting as a philosopher. You can either do that consciously or you can do it unconsciously,… — John Cage Copy Share Image
You ever spent eight hours acting in water? It's a lot easier to get in and out of a bath. Hot tubs… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
When I'm acting, I wish I was out there, being a part of it and making it. It's all on your name… — Jason Momoa Copy Share Image
I started doing [acting] for a living, no one really warned me about the amount of traveling I would do. I always… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
The Midwest isn't somewhere you mix with those from the performing arts. But my mum and dad would go off to Chicago… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Who would I be to be cowering to a bunch of gutless cowards acting like a bunch of tough guys online? — Tim Kennedy Copy Share Image
In fact, my earliest films were in Tamil and Telugu and since then I have been acting in all languages. — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
Acting was never part of the plan - at one point I wanted to be an RAF pilot, but I wasnt made… — Robson Green Copy Share Image
I'm definitely shy, so it was definitely acting for me to drop a trench coat and be in a bikini and try… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
The reason why most of actors got into acting was so that we could become other people and have fun with being… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
Besides acting, I had learnt a lot about entertainment at the Bhartendu Natya Academy, Lucknow and the National School of Drama, Delhi,… — Rajpal Yadav Copy Share Image
[...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Acting was truly all that I ever wanted to do. I've always acted in plays and sang and played music, and you… — Jane Badler Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm not working, I go and teach at an acting school, and quite selfishly, that makes me feel more inspired… — Chris Geere Copy Share Image
I did some acting in high school and then a little more in college, and it just was the thing that I… — Tony Shalhoub Copy Share Image
Long time ago, I was going to be a New York cop, then got involved with this girl who was into acting,… — Erik Estrada Copy Share Image
“I know of no actor who is so pure onstage that he thinks only what his character thinks. If he did, he… — David Burke Copy Share Image
Acting Smart is a handbook to help one navigate through the industry. Ive spoken to filmmakers such as Imtiaz Ali and Raju… — Tisca Chopra Copy Share Image
My mom always liked the idea of us acting - me and my sister - like, one of us trying it. But… — Matt Prokop Copy Share Image
I write all the time because I'm lonely. When you're acting, you're working every day all day. But then you have long… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Growing up and applying to college, I just imagined that I would study acting. But then, once I went to college, I… — Sophia Takal Copy Share Image
Radha Krishna Sir, the director of 'Jil,' had seen 'Madras Cafe' and liked my acting in it. He wanted a performer and… — Raashi Khanna Copy Share Image
Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
When eventually I started to act a bit more, I realised that circus school had taught me something that a lot of… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
In Method acting, you can't have preconceived ideas. You have to live in the moment. You have to keep yourself open. — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
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![“[...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He wants to tell her, but she's always so busy in the medical jet—and you don't just go to somebody and say, "I'm a better person because you're in my head.” quote by Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/064/neal-shusterman-412_acting_every-time-he-forces-himself-to-think-be_1260604.jpg)
![“I know of no actor who is so pure onstage that he thinks only what his character thinks. If he did, he would presumably become the character: a form of madness. This may be of course what happens to Hamlet--he puts on an antic disposition, and gets stuck with it. [...] Acting is mostly a…” quote by David Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e31/david-burke-69175_acting_i-know-of-no-actor-who-is-so-pure-onstag_1261360.jpg)
