I was 17 or 18 when 'The Twist' came along, and the rest is history. Sometimes I regret it. I would have… — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
I got so far away from what they told you in acting class: Do something different. Producers kept offering me the 'Sister… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I started doing modeling and continued for good three to four months and then I started getting Kannada movies. Then I realized… — Nidhhi Agerwal Copy Share Image
What I really like is the marriage of both [writing and acting] - for instance, with Postcards. I don't actually act in… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever… — Curtis Armstrong Copy Share Image
The Internet has taken shape with startlingly little planning? The most universal and indispensable network on the planet somehow burgeoned without so… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
I love improv-ing, you know, from very early on when I started acting the school that I went to and everything was… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in 'Falling,' I got an agent, so it seemed… — Florence Pugh Copy Share Image
I was lined up to do this honors degree course in biology, of all things, for no better reason than I got… — Matt Frewer Copy Share Image
As much as there are intellectual choices to be made and all the rest of it, a great actor has the ability… — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image
Imagine that the world is made out of love. Now imagine that it isn’t. Imagine a story where everything goes wrong, where… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“I've wasted a lot of time in my life waiting for good things to happen, rather than acting to make them happen.… — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
I think we ought to close Halloween down. Do you want your children to dress up as witches? The Druids used to… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
I have never received full credit from the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army], because the men are very sexist and feel that… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
A lot of acting is working with your own psyche in order to allow yourself to be open and reveal yourself. But… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I ain't never been in no college with famous people. I was a drifter for a while. I just was desperate to… — John Goodman Copy Share Image
“As a person, [Barbara Stanwyck] was a great deal like the character she played in Ball of Fire, a stripper called Sugarpuss… — Robert Wagner Copy Share Image
I used to do puppet theatre and also mime and musical theatre in Florida for competitions and festivals, which was great. I… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I… — James Spader Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my acting career, I worked for two seasons at the RSC and spent a lot of time in… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
Kids are supposed to have fun. They're supposed to do something that they like to do, because they don't have to worry… — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
I had so many other things I could fall back on as an entrepreneur (with multiple businesses). When I finally was true… — Drew Waters Copy Share Image
Isn't is lovely to be all together again?" Raffin said, throwing one arm around Po and the other around Bann. -------- She… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Our Nation, a great stage for the acting out of great thoughts, presents the classic confrontation between Locke's views of the state… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
A bad guy in a movie has a lot of latitude for acting. He can walk up the wall, crawl across the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
That's definitely true! It was before my father died, so I can't attribute it to an obsession with death. When I was… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
When you are acting, you are just one piece of the puzzle. You don't see how everything fits together. It feels like… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
Being Christian is not just obeying orders but means being in Christ, thinking like him, acting like him, loving like him; it… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“[In high school] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested… — Allan McLeod Cormack Copy Share Image
I kind of connected the dots, like, 'Oh, we're just saying stuff. We're just saying things that make sense, so let's just… — Megan Mullally Copy Share Image
My idea of acting was working in the theater. So I am very grateful for all my jobs. I know that at… — Justin Long Copy Share Image
There is always a better choice that you were unable to quite touch with a single stroke. Even in acting, there comes… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think on both sides of the pond, there are pros and cons to TV and film, and I think that there… — Cush Jumbo Copy Share Image
We are born at the rise of the curtain and we die with its fall, and every night in the presence of… — Micheal Mac Liammoir Copy Share Image
I feel that if I had not had an art program in my school, I would have failed in a big way.… — David Small Copy Share Image
I was quite straight-laced. I was quite academic until I was about 14 and then I went to boarding school where I… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I love acting and would love to do it more. It's harder to go into acting as a model now than it… — Barbara Palvin Copy Share Image
Most actors don't understand acting. I think it's an art form that craft is out the window. I don't think people get… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
![“What I really like is the marriage of both [writing and acting] - for instance, with Postcards. I don't actually act in it, but I worked on it with Mike [Nichols] as I went along, creating the character, so it was a bit like acting for me.” quote by Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/102/carrie-fisher-927_acting_what-i-really-like-is-the-marriage-of-bo_2142371.jpg)
![“I think we ought to close Halloween down. Do you want your children to dress up as witches? The Druids used to dress up like this when they were doing human sacrifice... [Your children] are acting out Satanic rituals and participating in it, and don't even realize it.” quote by Pat Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3db/pat-robertson-1972_acting_i-think-we-ought-to-close-halloween-down_2548849.jpg)
![“I have never received full credit from the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army], because the men are very sexist and feel that I'm acting out of place, bringing too much attention to myself - but for the funeral of our leader John Garang, they had me write the poem "Chol Apieth" to eulogize…” quote by Kola Boof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/42c/kola-boof-12327_acting_i-have-never-received-full-credit-from-t_3211157.jpg)
![“As a person, [Barbara Stanwyck] was a great deal like the character she played in Ball of Fire, a stripper called Sugarpuss O'Shea. She had a wonderful, free, open quality in that picture, and that's what she was like as a woman. Reclusive by nature, she was happy to just stay home, but she read…” quote by Robert Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/512/robert-wagner-13959_acting_as-a-person-barbara-stanwyck-was-a-great_2921299.jpg)
![“[In high school] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested in astronomy and devoured the popular works of astronomers such as Sir Arthur Eddington and Sir James Jeans , from which I learnt that a knowledge of…” quote by Allan McLeod Cormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/48c/allan-mcleod-cormack-75191_academic_in-high-school-my-interests-outside-my-a_315468.jpg)
