I saw 'Taxi Driver,' and 'Taxi Driver' kind of saved my life. The scene where Robert De Niro is looking at himself… — Michael Biehn Copy Share Image
It is impossible for any rational creature to be happy without acting all for God. God Himself could not make him happy… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
“I don't understand', I say,'why they care what I think, as long as I'm acting how they want me to.' 'You're acting… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Grief and rage--you need to contain that, to put a frame around it, where it can play itself out without you or… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
The physician who waits until dead certain of a diagnosis before acting is likely to wind up with a dead patient. Sometimes… — Joel Garreau Copy Share Image
I think people are uncomfortable seeing pregnant women, particularly with any kind of conflict. [Pregnancy is] very much a projection of life… — Rose Byrne Copy Share Image
For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true… — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
As a kid, I was terrified. I was a bed wetter and I had to go to sleepaway camp every summer, which… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
Prior to Elephant I'd taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but there's not a huge market there. The only… — John Robinson Copy Share Image
Eventually, this is how I would like to be remembered at the end of my career: He was never the best in… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
There's a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are… — Joan Blondell Copy Share Image
Never lose yourself on the stage. Always act in your own person, as an artist. The moment you lose yourself on the… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truely loves does so because of a decision to love. This person… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my… — Allison Tolman Copy Share Image
Confidence. That's huge as an actor. Confidence can get you a long way. Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
You really have to act on the force, too. You're involved in a hundred things a day, and you have to react… — Dennis Farina Copy Share Image
There is nothing like understanding that your work has touched somebody. That is the sole purpose of acting. To be able to… — Scott Cohen Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff… — Zach Gilford Copy Share Image
I would say runway is easier because your job is to look good or play a character that is just going somewhere.… — Hunter Schafer Copy Share Image
Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes… — Judy Greer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
LESSON OF TIME::: When a bird is alive... it eats Ants, When the bird is dead... Ants eat the bird! Time &… — Ali Bassam Copy Share Image
One of my dad's friends from the music industry came over to our house one time and heard me sing, and he… — China Anne McClain Copy Share Image
For so many years, I've been an actor acting in other people's movies, and in 'Unstoppable,' I'm producing it, and I have… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
No one is really a method actor, everyone has their way of going about it, preparing for it, but method is preparation,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I'm one of relatively few stage-trained actors who doesn't much like acting on stage. It feels kind of like riding the Cyclone… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
I think because I have quite a normal family and I'm bored with how normal my family is. I want to mess… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
If I had any advice for my 16-year-old self, it would just be to stay strong, because acting is not an easy… — Melissa Benoist Copy Share Image
I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
I suppose once in a while, a filmmaker makes a movie that's more than just a sum of its parts, more than… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
Personally, I have nothing to fall back on, and that creates a weird ambition that you have to be good at acting… — Holly Marie Combs Copy Share Image
I think that in France, we really admire American films, we admire their drive, we admire the modernity and ellipsism in the… — Francois Cluzet Copy Share Image
Acting for screen is very different from acting on stage, and then obviously when you dance... everything is a physical embodiment. But… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
The acting background helped a lot when I started writing. I was training for it. In acting class they teach you about… — Carol Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old.… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
[President Bush] recently challenged Iraqi soldiers still fighting U.S. troops like so: ... 'My answer is bring 'em on.' For those of… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
There are two ways of confronting the country's problems.One is through a management style based on adventurism, instability, play-acting, exaggerations, wrongdoing, being… — Mir-Hossein Mousavi Copy Share Image
![“I think people are uncomfortable seeing pregnant women, particularly with any kind of conflict. [Pregnancy is] very much a projection of life and love, but it's also very complicated. People have very complicated pregnancies. They could be accidental or people suffer depression, and that was a…” quote by Rose Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b36/rose-byrne-11307_acting_i-think-people-are-uncomfortable-seeing_2714536.jpg)
![“Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in one year, let alone in my lifetime. I'm very, very aware of how rare that is as an opportunity for any one person. I can't tell you how much I've been able to take away from…” quote by Kate Winslet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f8f/kate-winslet-875_able_just-coming-to-terms-with-the-fact-that_2333637.jpg)
![“When I [first] went to university, I was doing foreign languages, because I had done them since I was 13 years old. I had done French and German. I picked up Italian, just sort of blasted through the exams, [and then] took off overseas, because I wanted to be an actor. I thought, "I'm just not…” quote by Nick Offerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/87b/nick-offerman-2326_academic_when-i-first-went-to-university-i-was-do_2190392.jpg)
![“[President Bush] recently challenged Iraqi soldiers still fighting U.S. troops like so: ... 'My answer is bring 'em on.' For those of you who may be criticizing Bush for acting like a movie cowboy, let me remind you. He's actually acting more like a movie cheerleader.” quote by Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/247/jon-stewart-455_acting_president-bush-recently-challenged-iraqi_2046484.jpg)
