I feel so comfortable in an acting role, you know, as an actor. Maybe it's because I came into it late. If… — Sharlto Copley Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
Many a play is like a painted backdrop, something to be looked at from the front. An Ibsen play is like a… — Minnie Maddern Fiske Copy Share Image
A few years later, when I was still going to these meetings, I was also "second-acting" every Broadway show [walking in with… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
There were two things that became apparent, pretty quickly into the process. One was that the muscles didn't take as much reconditioning… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
Coming at the acting business as a technician, I really enjoy the process of working. I really enjoy being in a rehearsal… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
The whole acting and Hollywood [thing], it's just work to me. Stand-up comedy ruins you so badly for doing television. I don't… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I'm a very competitive person. I always have been. And it's hard to be competitive about something as amorphous as acting. But… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
You're seen a certain way in the acting world. To them, you're still a football player and not taken as seriously. They… — Nnamdi Asomugha Copy Share Image
It's not enough to identify the Superobjective intellectually; you have to justify it, to find the emotional drive behind it. You need… — Larry Moss Copy Share Image
With acting, it [auditioning] is very frustrating. I'm not very good at auditions. Sometimes I audition for a role and I'm like,… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If someone called and the role was good and there was dignity and integrity in the piece, I'd be up for it,… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
Early on I was a lot more unsure of myself on stage. When our band The Decemberists was getting bigger audiences I… — Colin Meloy Copy Share Image
I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The uppermost idea with Hellenism is to see things as they really are; the uppermost ideas with Hebraism is conduct and obedience.Nothing… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
I love what I do, and for me, acting can be anything. It could be in America. It could be in India.… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
My mom spent every dollar she ever had on getting me modeling/acting classes when I was a kid. I'm really grateful for… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
I first got into acting when I was 14, coming back from a junior high school basketball game. My mom picked me… — Skylar Astin Copy Share Image
When I was in college I was an English major and my last year or so I tutored high school students in… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
A defective voice will always preclude an artist from achieving the complete development of his art, however intelligent he may be… The… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to… — Kevin Kline Copy Share Image
I'm happy to say that I have not been fired off a film. The score is usually the last thing to be… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
With repertory, you had to play all these different characters. The range of roles is really what I fell in love with,… — David Morse Copy Share Image
[Winning an Oscar] was a beautiful thing that happened. It is in my house, and every time I look at, I see… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
To the extent to which the pull that moves me really is irresistible, like an invincibly strong addiction, the normal procedures of… — Raymond Geuss Copy Share Image
If given that ability, I would definitely be a long-haired, beard person. Ever since third grade, your whole life, there's always someone… — Donal Logue Copy Share Image
I was thirteen, and I did a movie that got attention, and I got attention, and I didn't like it - it… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that identify him,… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
No one ever let me be a bad guy once I started working more frequently after I got out of college and… — Tom Everett Scott Copy Share Image
I love acting in the theater,but I'm fascinated with acting on film. If it's a film or a play or whatever, if… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
The acting director of the Secret Service, Joseph Clancy, said they may make the fence around the White House taller because of… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
We need a common European tax policy that closes these tax loopholes. We need a common European social policy that prevents social… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
We all had such larks. Yes, it was hard work but the friendships and the genuine respect we had for one another,… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
Sometimes you give a person everything. You give them all of you. You give them everything you got, and they just don't… — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
Acting has been my passion from the minute I started. I was pretty young when I wanted to be a doctor, but… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
I love a certain kind of acting style that I would call non-American, which tends to be more detail-oriented and less externalized.… — Ira Sachs Copy Share Image
My father had a lot to do with me thinking about acting, though he never saw me act. He passed away probably… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
When I told people I was going to be doing the movie and the voice of Dobby, they were kind of awestruck,… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
![“A few years later, when I was still going to these meetings, I was also "second-acting" every Broadway show [walking in with the crowd after intermission]. I snuck in to see Grease with John Travolta in kind of a secondary part and Adrienne Barbeau playing Rizzo, into Pippin, hung out with Ben…” quote by David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/486/david-copperfield-2966_acting_a-few-years-later-when-i-was-still-going_2385562.jpg)
![“The whole acting and Hollywood [thing], it's just work to me. Stand-up comedy ruins you so badly for doing television. I don't really need to be known anymore than I am. The slight sliver of fame I do have is hard to deal with. If I was actually well-known - I don't even know what to say to people…” quote by Doug Stanhope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/34c/doug-stanhope-1528_acting_the-whole-acting-and-hollywood-thing-it_124805.jpg)
![“With acting, it [auditioning] is very frustrating. I'm not very good at auditions. Sometimes I audition for a role and I'm like, I'd be really funny in that role, but I'm not good at auditions so I guess I'm not getting that role. It's a very frustrating job.” quote by Jim Jefferies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e92/jim-jefferies-8092_acting_with-acting-it-auditioning-is-very-frust_2628940.jpg)
![“I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there is a lot of things going on with Rose. I kept telling Denzel [Washington] throughout filming [Fences] that the house is her joy and her tomb.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c1/viola-davis-1174_acting_i-really-want-my-acting-to-be-definitive_1090517.jpg)
![“I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I vowed I would never do a commercial, nor would I do a soap opera - - both of which I did as soon as I left the [Acting] Company and was starving.” quote by Kevin Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/236/kevin-kline-16716_acting_i-think-every-american-actor-wants-to-be_1805603.jpg)
![“[Winning an Oscar] was a beautiful thing that happened. It is in my house, and every time I look at, I see all the people who are a part of it, all the people who gave me opportunities to work, gave me opportunities to make a living at this thing [acting] that was a dream for me, growing up. And I…” quote by Penelope Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/de3/penelope-cruz-2508_acting_winning-an-oscar-was-a-beautiful-thing-t_636533.jpg)
