Acting Quotes · Page 281

I don't want to sign four films at a time, as acting is an art, and art cannot be done without honesty.

— Tamannaah

I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without…

— Marilyn Monroe

Acting is a youthful profession.

— Kirk Douglas

You missed the point completely! You're acting..." The word stuck in my throat. He didn't hesitate to say it. "Jealous?" When I…

— Maria V. Snyder

When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all,…

— Taylour Paige

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

— Pythagoras

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can…

— Anna Paquin

You have to be truthful and believable in whatever you do and that is the founding principle of acting.

— Kay Kay Menon

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual; everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced…

— Ayn Rand

When I was younger, I felt very alone and that I didn't fit into my own skin. I loved the idea of…

— Shannon Purser

I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting.

— Stephen Rea

I like making people feel things. Acting doesn't seem like lying but like storytelling.

— Morgan Saylor

I've not often been a man of many words. I've never considered myself to be overly articulate. I do feel more comfortable…

— Guy Pearce

Acting pays well and gives you immense fame.

— Rimi Sen

I really just like acting. I'm not always aware of what is hip and what is popular and what is zeitgeist.

— Kevin McKidd

Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.

— Sam Snead

My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works.

— Devon Werkheiser

Acting was something I always really wanted to do and, when I left school and was old enough to get an agent,…

— Suranne Jones

I find it very strange when people say that they are trying to solve 'Uncle Vanya' or find a solution for 'Henry…

— Robert Lepage

You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.

— Gail Sheehy

I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world…

— Iggy Pop

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

— Miles Davis

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

— Kevin Richardson

I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot…

— Al Pacino

When you do any relationship scene, you do fall in love with your acting partner a bit.

— Karl Glusman

Debby Ryan is fantastic, I love to have her. She's a great person and she has good acting skills.

— Skai Jackson

When the drama of history is over, Jesus Christ will stand alone on the stage. All the great figures of history ...…

— Helmut Thielicke

I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult…

— Callan McAuliffe

The acting in 'Downton Abbey' has been consistently excellent across the board.

— James Frain

In a way, the songs are written to be performed. I put them on records, but I'm always thinking about how an…

— Loudon Wainwright III

When I'm a stunt woman on a movie, I'm strictly a 'Yes sir,' girl... But acting puts more in your hands, and…

— Zoe Bell

I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.

— Evangeline Lilly

There is a built-in danger in old age which, if we give in to it, makes aging one of the most difficult…

— Joan D. Chittister

I'm also a martial-arts practitioner, so it was an easy transition to go do 'Street Fighter,' which is action-packed and let me…

— Taboo

I don't think acting should be all-encompassing. So, when I'm not shooting, I'll go down to Mexico on a spear-fishing trip for…

— Tanc Sade

I've been acting since I was a child, and though this was different in a way, I think I've been very blessed.…

— Samantha Morton

Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy…

— Craig Robinson

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm…

— Pauley Perrette

When I'm not acting, I like to go home and be really normal. So I usually grow out my hair until I…

— Paul Dano

Love the battle between chaos and imagination. Remember: Acting is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances. Remember: Acting is the way to live…

— Robert Fulghum