Acting Quotes · Page 36

I give myself to my parts as to a lover.

— Vanessa Redgrave

Acting is the most wildly overpaid position imaginable.

— Robert Downey, Jr

Acting has always been instinctive to me.

— Sammo Hung

I always hated acting but I kept on acting.

— Sterling Hayden

Acting is a very strange job.

— Lena Olin

There is no right in acting.

— Frank Langella

I'd definitely like to do some more film acting.

— Francesca Hayward

I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

— Danica McKellar

Mandy is not calm. So that's acting. I'm acting. And, and I love playing someone calm.

— Mandy Patinkin

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

— Rainn Wilson

In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.

— Marlon Brando

The fame of an actor is won in minutes and seconds, not in years.

— Bram Stoker

I'm not going to do the story any service if my acting isn't strong.

— Shiri Appleby

What I like about acting is that you can be a different person every day.

— Allegra Versace

I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can't stop. It would be like refusing to breathe.

— Veronica Roth

Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.

— Parker Posey

You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

— Mickey Rourke

Aaron Sorkin has been incredibly good to me; I don't know that I would have an acting career without him. Thanks to…

— Joshua Malina

Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as…

— Michael Moriarty

I think it's all the same animal for me. There are actors who sing, and there are actors who direct, and I…

— Scott Adsit

When I moved to Los Angeles to be on the radio, there was an acting school on every corner. You can't be…

— La La Anthony

“You are acting, not being.” Strasberg explained, “I stress the difference between the actor who thinks acting is an imitation of life,…

— Val Holley

You do have habits and rhythms that you do sort of fall into when you're acting, but if you've got text that…

— Radha Mitchell

Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had…

— Larry Wilcox

I love acting with kids, cause they're great acting partners. They're totally present. Even when they're acting, they're still available and you…

— Mark Ruffalo

Home gigs can be hard because it's an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the…

— Dylan Moran

Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation.…

— Aldous Huxley

There are a lot of options when it comes between music and acting. For me, because I'm so passionate about my music…

— Christina Milian

With acting, the stark reality for women is that it's nearly impossible to get older in an elegant fashion as an actress.…

— Rashida Jones

After much consideration, I am moving onward with a combination of disappointment at leaving behind a character I have loved playing for…

— Lisa Edelstein

I do remember when I was starting acting, going from one set to the next, with not much else going on in…

— Julianne Moore

Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You…

— Olivia Thirlby

To me acting and singing are worlds apart.

— Emmylou Harris

Strong reasons make strong actions.

— William Shakespeare

Each man has some part to play.

— Adelaide Anne Procter

If I'm acting, I'm going to really be acting.

— Robby Hoffman

I am happy to be acting with my wife.

— Naga Chaitanya

We come from Guyana; we don't have an acting industry.

— Letitia Wright

“Who can enjoy acting in an empty theater ?”

— William Bolitho

Acting is my calling, not my career.

— Angela Bassett