Acting Quotes · Page 286

Acting's all about the confidence you exude, especially on film. I mean, nervousness isn't attractive in anyone, but a film camera will…

— John C. Reilly

For every hour a mother gets to herself, a father will demand five times that amount for drinking with friends and acting…

— Drew Magary

To me, there were comedies that should go up for Oscars. I think Eddie Murphy in 'The Nutty Professor' was one of…

— Terry Crews

I ended up acting in two films with a tonsured head without even planning for it!

— Nizhalgal Ravi

Acting on the theory that sometimes luck is better than work, I randomly called several people named Dattilo in Kentucky. All were…

— Mitchell Zuckoff

People don't want their actors acting like musicians.

— Josh Homme

I did a theater program the summer of my junior year, and that's when I really fell in love with the craft…

— Lucas Hedges

Do not the Rays of Light which fall upon Bodies, and are reflected or refracted, begin to bend before they arrive at…

— Isaac Newton

Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's…

— Leslie Mann

Acting was important, but it was not as important as getting an education, and I credit my parents with a lot of…

— Alexander Gould

I think that all actors just want to continue acting, so if you get the opportunity to go out and do something…

— Erica Durance

I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.

— Chris Tucker

I keep it real normal, like I don't try to act like a celebrity, or say that just because I'm on a…

— Vinny Guadagnino

Most acting is very melodramatic. It's not what you see in people.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

I love learning on set, it's the best acting school ever.

— Finn Wolfhard

I love acting, but I'm not too crazy about money or fame. They don't drive me.

— Samantha Akkineni

For me, acting is sacred.

— Varun Sharma

Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the…

— Nicolas Chamfort

I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.

— Aaron Douglas

The thing about acting is you don't want to let on how enjoyable it is or then everybody would want to become…

— Gena Rowlands

I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.

— Debby Ryan

I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm…

— Maria Menounos

I grew up in an artistic family where everyone was doing something in one field of the arts or another. I was…

— John Buffalo Mailer

I've been acting since age 8. I just stopped enjoying it as much as I used to.

— Jack Gleeson

Acting is very subjective and one can't be deterred by what people think of your work.

— Saqib Saleem

Acting is all about likability.

— Clive Owen

I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

— Ingrid Bergman

I love to work. I know that sounds ridiculous to say because all people love to work, but I love the homework…

— Amanda Schull

I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's…

— Sally Hawkins

'The Empty Bank' talks about really specific instances where I kind of make the wrong moves based off of money, and it…

— Jay IDK

When I got the job I thought about her a lot. Not only was I getting a great job in a really…

— Chris Pine

Why was I so single-minded about acting? Acting wasn't in the family; no one went to the theatre in my street. It…

— Trudie Styler

I didn't grow up, really, in the film business, even though my parents are both artists. I grew up in New York…

— Julia Garner

With acting, if you audition terribly, at least you know, 'I messed that up. I was horrible. That's why I didn't get…

— Brooklyn Decker

I always wanted to find a way to apply my acting in a big mad monster movie where I was transforming into…

— Nicolas Cage

I love acting better than anything, and I do it better than anything else I do.

— Conchata Ferrell

I got kind of obsessed from a very young age about musicals and costumes and acting.

— Naomi Ackie

The idea of acting on the first 'Halloween', it didn't really apply to my eventual work, working with actors.

— Nick Castle

I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike…

— Jeffrey Tambor

Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who…

— Tyler Blackburn