Acting Quotes · Page 288

I stood in front of a mountain and was overwhelmed by the beauty and energy; I had goosebumps. I thought, if I…

— Vicky Krieps

Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage.

— Gregory Peck

Saab never asked me to give up my career. In fact, he encouraged me to continue acting after marriage. But, after a…

— Saira Banu

Only when a film comes along that I really believe in like this one will I turn to acting.

— Sterling Hayden

I'm a theater actress and I thrive on working with other actors, and you can't be even a smidge bad, when you're…

— Daniela Bobadilla

I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director…

— Vin Diesel

Voice acting is very different from live-action. You only have one tool to convey emotion. You can't sell a line with a…

— Felicia Day

I stepped away from stunts and into acting right around when stunt people started getting put into motion-capture stuff.

— Zoe Bell

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.

— Sharon Horgan

There is a universal element in man which he can assert by so acting as if the purpose of the Universe were…

— Felix Adler

I’d say that music is my wife, acting's my mistress – I like 'em both, so I hope I don’t have to…

— Mark Salling

There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a…

— Michael Gambon

Luck does play a huge role in whatever field you're practicing, whether that's medicine, acting, singing; but the way you make luck…

— Mikhail Varshavski

In all American professional sports you start on a certain level and you have to work your way up through a farm…

— Bruce Dern

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

— Benjamin Franklin

A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.

— Ann Voskamp

The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones,…

— Douglas Booth

Particularly with the plays I choose, they're good parts, and they're parts that have been around long before a bad actor played…

— Liev Schreiber

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

— Christopher Eccleston

Even if I hadn't been cast as Doctor Who, my acting would probably have been influenced by William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton,…

— Peter Capaldi

There was no sacrifice in acting for me, even when I was starving in New York. I went three days without eating.…

— Jack Klugman

I've always loved the collaborative side of filmmaking, and there's a lot of things I can do in the acting side of…

— Zoe Bell

The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body…

— Tony Robbins

I took a break from doing music to concentrate on acting.

— Himesh Reshammiya

I find that as long as I'm acting it doesn't matter if it's for TV, or a series or a short film.…

— Jodelle Ferland

I don't think most people understand acting, even the people who call themselves savvy, even actors.

— Viola Davis

I'm getting so old - it's more uncomfortable to do those scenes now than when I was 20. I mean, I don't…

— Javier Bardem

The reason I like doing these acting projects is because no matter how much acting I do, I'll always have music in…

— Tyler Hilton

With voice acting, it liberates you to play characters you'd never do in a million years because you're physically not right. You…

— Mark Hamill

Movie actors are just ordinary, mixed-up people - with agents.

— Jean Kerr

Even my life's not normal because I'm acting, right?

— Natalie Portman

I have done so much: modeling, acting, singing, the calendar, the lingerie line, and there have been times where I have wanted…

— Caprice Bourret

Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.

— Adam McKay

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied…

— James Earl Jones

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities…

— Justin Chadwick

I am very excited about 'Raees.' But more than this, I am nervous, too. It feels like I am under pressure to…

— Mahira Khan

I'm very fortunate that I really like acting, but it's not all I want to do. I love to sing. I love…

— Ella Purnell

I did a lot of serious plays, and I did the Oxford Review as well, which is supposed to be funny, but…

— Katherine Parkinson

Music is my first love and the thing that I feel extremely connected to. I feel like I still have a long…

— Matisyahu

I started off as a mimicry artist, have sung 'Gaana' folk music and popularized pop music in the South before I got…

— Karunas