Acting Quotes · Page 276

I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which…

— Amy Adams

I fled my home town and did odd jobs, including things like re-designing old furniture, before I became an actor. Having said…

— Harshvardhan Rane

Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would…

— William H. Macy

It was a sort of weird, troubled road into acting because I had been a bit naughty in school until I did…

— Chloe Pirrie

What's fascinating about acting is that you put yourself in somebody else's mind or in their shoes.

— Dermot Mulroney

It's the scariest thing in the world, going to acting class, because first of all, there's a lot of pressure. I just…

— Eva Mendes

I reject the idea that when young women make choices with which we disagree, they are acting without autonomy.

— Roxane Gay

A lot of acting projects and endorsement opportunities are coming my way.

— Sable

I like talking about acting. I'm comfortable talking about acting.

— Chris Messina

I've dealt with a few method actors, and I don't know if should say this, but I think it's a bunch of…

— Natalie Portman

I didn't know if I was going to go into acting more, or kind of lean into TV writing or comedy.

— Patti Harrison

Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking.

— Sean Penn

For me, acting is just dead easy. You're somebody else and you leave your world behind.

— Kerry Katona

Acting was always there in my mind, but I never tried too hard to take it up. I had to pay my…

— Mohit Chauhan

What's the difference between tough love and acting like a jerk?

— Ricki Lake

It really was a true test to try to act for 14-hour days when people don't think that you're acting.

— Desi Lydic

I will carry on acting as long as I have breath and as long as I have energy and as long as…

— Frank Langella

After 'Rock On!,' when I started acting, and I sang in the film, people asked me, 'What was the need to sing…

— Farhan Akhtar

I have always loved acting.

— Soha Ali Khan

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

— Arfi Lamba

There's so much hocus-pocus about acting styles; there's too much mysticism attached to it. But it's a craft like any other -…

— Naseeruddin Shah

When you realize the writers start writing to who you are, you're basically reading reviews of yourself. And then it becomes this…

— Ben Feldman

It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the…

— Christian Lous Lange

When I started acting, I did many films without even an idea of what the script was about. The film would start,…

— Mohanlal

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want…

— Rob Reiner

I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.

— Ben Kingsley

I think with improv - and I say it all the time because it's become such a catch thing that you talk…

— Vince Vaughn

People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like…

— Eileen Atkins

If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.

— Parker Stevenson

I love being a dad, it keeps me fit and inspired and children are so funny. They always supply you with acting…

— Wesley Snipes

I've learnt that there's acting for film, acting for theatre, and acting for an audition.

— Sarah Snook

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

— Edi Gathegi

The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all…

— Paddy Considine

You can do a whole scene in acting without ever checking in to what the other guy is saying - it's not…

— Matt Besser

Between films you try to fill your life with hobbies; acting is really so satisfying when you're doing it, and definitely feeds…

— Luke Kirby

“I don't understand', I say,'why they care what I think, as long as I'm acting how they want me to.' 'You're acting…

— Veronica Roth

A dream role is a role that you can't even picture for yourself. Everything I've ever played I never pictured I would…

— Cynthia Addai-Robinson

I didn't even know what acting was at 11 years old. I truly believed that acting was hidden cameras everywhere. And I…

— Masiela Lusha

I think acting, oftentimes it's not about lines, it's about spaces in between lines and expressions on people's faces and their relationships.…

— Peter Capaldi

I'm lucky that I got to start acting when I was so young, and people put me in these movies. A lot…

— Nat Wolff