Acting Quotes · Page 258

I've had a lot of experience with not allowing myself to experience certain emotions, like anger and confidence, and with acting you're…

— Alison Sudol

The essence of wisdom, from a practical standpoint, is pausing long enough to look at our lives-invitations, opportunities, relationships-from God's perspective. And…

— Charles Stanley

All you've got to do is turn up and have a few facial tics and be a lunatic and throw someone around…

— Paddy Considine

I was not thinking about getting into acting in any way.

— Ad-Rock

Acting is a weird profession. It's very disquieting, and at the time it just made me so confused. It's only when you…

— Jesse Eisenberg

I am insecure about tomorrow. Will I get another job? Will it be appreciated? I will pursue acting for as long as…

— Amitabh Bachchan

It's much harder to play beloved than to play a rotten guy. Rotten guy is a piece of cake. So playing a…

— Bill Murray

Music runs through everything I do - I even think musically; even when I was acting, but, especially, when I am directing.…

— Robby Benson

I like producing, but I don't love it. I love acting. I got into producing because I had a bad time in…

— Trudie Styler

I have a suspicion, because if you look at the whole, all the [Star Wars ] movies, the backlog of every one…

— Woody Harrelson

T.V. acting is a great skill to have, and it's nice to have that stability.

— Debby Ryan

I would not want compliments that 'I can do different roles'. I want compliments that whatever I did, I did nicely. That's…

— Abhishek Banerjee

Acting is my true love. I would like to have been a serious actor, and I plan to in the next life.…

— Joan Rivers

My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and…

— Matthew Lillard

Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.

— Marilyn Monroe

When I'm not acting, I do like to take a year off at a time, at least if I can, just in…

— Heath Ledger

I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a…

— Selma Blair

I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the…

— Nicole Kidman

I was never interested in becoming an actor. I was directing videos. I was never into acting. I was into shooting music…

— Barkhad Abdi

My parents met because my father was an actor friend of one of my mom's brothers, but my mother has never set…

— Kate Winslet

I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy.

— Emily Blunt

I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether…

— Alanis Morissette

Acting's not particularly complicated. But the great thing is you can step into somebody else's shoes without dealing with the consequences. It's…

— Nick Robinson

I would love to do more acting; I really would love to do it, particularly character acting. I'm a character type of…

— Sharlto Copley

I did a lot of student acting when I was young.

— Salman Rushdie

I don't think I'm a great actress. I think I can act or I can react. Coming from a musical background and…

— Dolly Parton

Having life experiences outside of acting is something my family has always made sure happens.

— Anonymous

Pretty much at the age of 16, I realized acting wasn't going to be the vocation for me...too political not enough creative…

— Holly Golightly

I don't know if anyone knows if they're ever any good, but I went to drama school in Scotland, in a classical…

— Sam Heughan

I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I…

— Charlie Kaufman

I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting.

— Mickey Rooney

'Crystal Fairy' was one of the first movies I did after I recommitted to the idea of acting.

— Gaby Hoffmann

Whenever I go to any particular event, people are shocked that I'm a fighter. To be a fighter, I have to look…

— Ritika Singh

I was acting before I did music, so it is an easier transition for me in my own mindset.

— Ashley Thomas

I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and…

— Vivien Leigh

Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.

— James Nesbitt

Frustration is a sign I am acting independently. The more you try your own way, the tighter the doors will stay closed.

— Joyce Meyer

I don't mind acting on TV if I have to play a mature, contemporary character. But I can't play a lehenga-clad lady…

— Deepti Naval

I don't like acting things; I like feeling things.

— Dougray Scott

I collect hobbies. Acting is just another thing to add to the list, I guess.

— Evan Mock