Acting Quotes · Page 253

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

— William Shatner

Jesus’ message of the Kingdom of God is the announcement by word and deed that God is acting and manifesting dynamically his…

— George Eldon Ladd

Acting was not for me. They were saying, you are too beautiful, you are too ugly, you are too plump, too tall,…

— Alessandra Mussolini

I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me.

— Ted Lange

Acting is no longer a taboo. The stigma has gone because people have realised that it's a perfectly valid career choice.

— Naseeruddin Shah

Ricardo Montalban is to improvisational acting what Mount Rushmore is to animation.

— John Cassavetes

I enjoy making money and I enjoy the work [acting]. I'm really into it and it's really fun. As long as it…

— Callan McAuliffe

I always loved theater and acting in plays and directing, writing little plays and directing friends in plays.

— Todd Haynes

I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's weird, I love acting and stand-up is a very unique, solitary thing where you are the writer, performer and director. But…

— Jim Gaffigan

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

— Anonymous

When I read something, first I have an instinctual, emotional response to it. But of course, acting isn't only just feeling an…

— Joan Allen

I hate taxing my mind with analysis. I'm not a good analyst. I cannot talk about acting. I hate talking about it.…

— Anthony Hopkins

I've been asked repeatedly what the 'key' to acting is, and as far as I'm concerned, the main thing is to keep…

— Maureen Stapleton

With acting it was never a real passion or inspiration of mine.

— Cree Summer

I do have the ability to explore life and to be over the moon at the smallest thing - a few pints…

— Colin Farrell

I love acting so much more than singing, and hopefully I'd be able to venture into that properly.

— Elizabeth Tan

Next to acting, being in the great outdoors is my biggest passion.

— Seth Numrich

I'm always willing to dub myself in all the five languages that I speak for the international market, because I think it's…

— Massimo Dobrovic

It is not easy acting and directing yourself because you have to face the camera as well as look at the scene…

— Mahesh Manjrekar

As a kid, I just was a contract player at MGM Studios. They put me into goodness knows how many different roles.Some…

— Angela Lansbury

When you are born and brought up in Udupi, you end up as a doctor or an engineer. Else you are thought…

— Rakshit Shetty

Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture.

— Alfred Lunt

I remember, when I started acting officially, I was unbelievably green. My first audition tapes were just horrendous.

— Max Minghella

I have to say, taking photographs is such an instantaneous act. The recognition and the acting on the recognition, depending on your…

— Joel Meyerowitz

Acting is something I had been thinking about all the time, though not seriously.

— HoYeon Jung

Listening to the director always interact with me in Telugu, I got a hang of the language on the sets of 'Uppena'.…

— Krithi Shetty

If you focus on what you want and you persevere, chances are you succeed. You know, that's what I found. It might…

— Cory Monteith

Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.

— Chad Stahelski

When you do a four-camera sitcom, everything is a little schtickier. It’s not necessarily that you pick up bad habits, but there…

— Mila Kunis

My first time acting for camera really was for Steven Spielberg in War Horse. I was trained in theater and I was…

— Jeremy Irvine

Great acting is being able to create a character. Great character is being able to be yourself.

— John Leguizamo

I have amazing parents and some really great friends that would kick my butt if I ever started acting different.

— Jane Levy

I think that the two worlds of fashion and acting world have a lot of common things, because we all build a…

— Joanna Kulig

I'd love to start doing some films and really kind of pursue acting as much as possible. That's really where my main…

— Maia Mitchell

I got to a point where I wanted to have some dignity in what I'm saying onstage. I want people to hear…

— Ramy Youssef

Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic.

— Daniel Radcliffe

I was nervous. I was thinking, 'Gee, he's Ralph Fiennes. What an amazing actor, and I can have this scene with him.'…

— Matthew Lewis

Stand-up is so rewarding, and I enjoy the acting opportunities I've had, but the only time I really feel bad is when…

— Jim Gaffigan

During my senior year, I was supposed to spend a semester student teaching, but decided I couldn't be a teacher. My aunt…

— Siobhan Fallon Hogan