Acting Quotes · Page 410

I'd done two years' worth of extra work, and all my friends who I would go on auditions with went to school…

— Michelle Rodriguez

Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand…

— Ellen Barkin

I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not…

— Noomi Rapace

If you must choose between loving someone and acting so that they feel loved, always choose to love them.

— John Piper

In a certain way, acting is an extension of myself. What I really am, I am not able to put on paper.…

— Keith Stanfield

I don't do much acting anymore anyway, and not to work for 20th Century Fox is really the least of my worries.

— Hugh Grant

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever…

— Michael Shannon

Most actresses began their career as glamorous pin-ups before being noticed for their acting talents.

— Sameera Reddy

It's true that the skills required to be a conman are the same as those required for being an actor. Though those…

— John C. Reilly

I started acting in junior high. I was in 'Guys and Dolls.' I was Stanley Kowalski. In my head, before coming to…

— Maz Jobrani

I'm far, far, far from that. But of course, that's one of the joys of acting is that you can move up…

— Maggie Smith

I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

— Queen Latifah

“Without writers, stories would not be written, Without actors, stories could not be brought to life.”

— Angie-Marie Delsante

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun.…

— Jacquelyn Jablonski

Acting is probably what I'm best at, but there are certain stories kind of rattling around in my head that I like…

— Brian Gleeson

Since I was very young, probably two or three, I had really good memorization skills. I would memorize stuff from TV and…

— Nathan Kress

So I think it was to Bryan's credit that he was able to let go of some of those things because you…

— Brandon Routh

I've been acting for 27 years, and anonymity has always been a part of what I do. Of course you get recognised…

— David Harewood

After being in one movie, it didn't seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I'd been…

— Wallace Shawn

I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a…

— Ben Stiller

Think before you act so that you will what you have done.

— Arjie C Jacobe

The problem with acting is that there's really no control. You're at the behest of others. Everyone else decides if you did…

— Leigh Whannell

When I'm acting and I have to remember my lines and put my mind in concert with my body, I don't tic.

— Dash Mihok

I wanted to go into art history. Acting fell into my lap when a neighbor took pictures of me and showed them…

— Eva Mendes

My uncles are always busy away acting, so I barely even see them much at all, but I always know that they…

— Hero Fiennes-Tiffin