Acting Quotes · Page 126

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

— Charles Francis Adams, Sr

I didn't get into acting for the money - the odds are really against anybody getting rich as an actor.

— Joe Don Baker

“Without writers, stories would not be written, Without actors, stories could not be brought to life.”

— Angie-Marie Delsante

Acting was always a part and faucet of my life. It just comes very natural. I think it's a good thing.

— Nicki Minaj

After joining theatre, I started thinking that acting in films was not half as challenging as theatre.

— Arfi Lamba

Because of my acting career, I've had to bounce from city to city and get in the groove in the studio.

— LeToya Luckett

Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.

— Pythagoras

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.

— Kevin Richardson

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have…

— Steven Spielberg

I've been blessed to have acting opportunities in movies, television, as well as Broadway, and definitely want to continue to do so.

— Nick Jonas

When I was younger, it was really difficult for me to get acting jobs, because you're a kid and you don't fit…

— Crystal Lowe

I'm just drawn towards music. That's where 99 per cent of my world is. Acting is interesting, but I just don't have…

— Neeti Mohan

I did a lot of acting when I was a child. I was very shy - the kind of kid who ran…

— Adrienne Shelly

I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen…

— Nadine Labaki

With film acting, and often when the camera comes very close, you just have to think about something and the camera will…

— Ruth Wilson

As long as I am acting, I will do only Telugu films. I want to take Telugu films to the world. Everyone…

— Mahesh Babu

To get on a show where you're acting day in and day out for many, many hours - 15-16 hours sometimes -…

— Lela Loren

Filming is physically and emotionally hard, especially acting in something like this, where we go into the honest feelings of these people.…

— June Squibb

The NBA requires that one person is the acting owner, the one person they can get on the phone and is accountable…

— Jeanie Buss

As soon as I got my proper first job, I never did acting again. I think the last thing I did was…

— Justin Chadwick

Looking, acting, and ultimately being Prep is not restricted to an elite minority lucky enough to attend prestigious private schools, just because…

— Lisa Birnbach

I am very interest in the human condition. That is what I love about acting. I like studying different people and their…

— Dennis Quaid

Voice work is fun. But about three-quarters of the things you enjoy about acting are just not there. You're not working with…

— John Lithgow

When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring…

— Anna Deavere Smith

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

My girlfriend knows that if I'm acting weird at home to go to one of my shows to see what's on my…

— Gabriel Iglesias

I think of myself as only being an actress when I'm acting, but my friends will say I act all the time.

— Marian Seldes

If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act.

— Donna Brazile

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.

— Martin Freeman

After a three-month course in acting, I bagged my first film 'Suraksha' - opposite actor Suniel Shetty.

— Divya Dutta

Why should I knock myself out as a producer when there's as much money In acting - and fewer headaches.

— Fred MacMurray

Acting, really, is a lot of mental fatigue, emotional fatigue, concentration... it's mentally draining.

— Mike Colter

I'd make a lousy cop. I'd just wear it too close to my skin and wouldn't survive. I'll stick to acting.

— Enrico Colantoni

I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting.

— Steve Buscemi

One of the reasons I took up acting was to learn to be more human, to get in touch with human emotions.

— Masi Oka

If I failed in acting, I wanted to have a backup, thus I chose architecture. I learnt painting as well.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

I live to experience different things. Part of what I love about acting is to live the lives of others.

— Wes Bentley

I finally learned that doing what I want isn't love. I don't want to hurt him again by acting childish.

— Na Hae Ryeong

Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is really fickle.

— Nolan Gould

I started acting when I was 13, so acting has been, with great fortune, my job since I could get a job.

— Carla Gugino