I think everyone should take an acting class. It's like therapy because you get to learn a lot about yourself if it's… — Joelle Carter Copy Share Image
You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments of grace or joy or transcendence, to make real or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
The most likely explanation is the most practical. 'Macbeth' is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
All of modern acting comes from Stanislavski, who was the Russian partner to Chekhov. When Chekhov was writing his plays, Stanislavski was… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
When you're studying drama, when you're a young actor, there are simple rules about acting. "Why am I here? What prevents me… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
I was going to design sports cars, but my father came to my college to visit me. At the time he was… — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
I've been spending quite a bit of time writing, acting, and making films. Because I'm doing all this extra writing, acting, and… — John Morrison Copy Share Image
It is a kind of pride to insist that none of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Singing and acting suit me. I made a vow to myself to do everything that I can do with this life that… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
Like everyone else, I can barely take the waves of embarrassment that come with watching someone do something so badly. Roseanne Barr… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
In the beginning my energy and passion for acting came from an almost punk rock need to express a lot of anger… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting.… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I play piano, so when I'm learning a new or difficult piece, at some point I have to enjoy the music of… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
With the best intentions, the job of acting can become a display of accumulated bad habits, trapped instincts and blocked energies. Working… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I enjoyed acting at school and went to an acting workshop for kids in Nottingham. It was twice a week after school… — Joe Dempsie Copy Share Image
I have to be my own artist. I need the world to know who I am, especially for music. When it comes… — Mitchel Musso Copy Share Image
On social media there's this thing where on many occasions, there's a single proscribed way of acting. Like if somebody dies, everyone… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Having grown up in the theater family, having done a huge amount of acting from a very little boy to precocious teenager… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
A book is maybe about 350 pages, and the prose allows for readers to get a glimpse into the internal lives of… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The world is not as it was when it came from its Maker's hands. It has been modified by many great revolutions,… — Adam Sedgwick Copy Share Image
We cannot create blueprint for future society, but it is good to think about that. It is good to have in mind… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
It was always fun auditioning for commercials, because that was the beginning of my career, and me figuring out how I was… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
My background is in largely in theatre and acting. I grew up in a town with a well-respected Shakespeare Festival, and I… — Matt Ross Copy Share Image
Music is like color or acting or whatever. It's really something I think about from the beginning. Not that I always know… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
The term "godawful" should be used sparingly in connection with motion pictures. With Angels & Demons, however, it seems oddly appropriate. Not… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I went to the Yale School of Drama is because I felt that I was acting off… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I've never been intimidated to write music, to minister through leading worship, preaching or teaching, or even writing a book or acting.… — Ricardo Sanchez Copy Share Image
“It's about that applause I want to speak to you. I want you to remember that when you've done a little dance… — Noel Streatfeild Copy Share Image
The more he identifies with the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own life and his own desires. The… — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
The basic answer is that I wasn't happy or fulfilled by the job I had and I wanted my life to mean… — Gil Gerard Copy Share Image
I didn't have to do too much "research" or acting to play this guy. (laughs) It is actually very difficult to manage… — Joel McHale Copy Share Image
One day, when I was 33, I shifted. I suddenly saw acting as a higher calling. I understood that my goal was… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
That scene that I have with Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black is one of my favorite scenes that I've ever done.… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a… — Melissa George Copy Share Image
There's a myth about actors saying, 'Oh no, that's not me on screen at all. I'm just acting.' OK, if I were… — Cary Elwes Copy Share Image
I think acting came later in life when I went to college. I started out there. I wasn't a big star in… — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
Doing 'All Good Things' really felt like I was acting for myself rather than anyone else. It gave me a freedom I'd… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
I feel like there's a currency to your personal life and your performance - your acting, your work. If that personal life… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
Actually, I was writing as I was acting - it was kind of simultaneous. I wrote on 'E20', which started this whole… — Emer Kenny Copy Share Image
