Acting Quotes · Page 416

And it [acting] was exciting to me. And scary.

— Tracee Ellis Ross

I must confess that I am deeply troubled. I fear that human beings are intent upon acting out a vast deathwish and…

— Bertrand Russell

I regard singing pretty much like acting. Each song is like playing a different role. I get very involved with my material.…

— Peggy Lee

I love acting. But I love being a mother. To be a full mother and a full person, you have to do…

— Tracey Gold

Now that I'm older, I couldn't do music full-time. You don't get home until two or three a.m. Acting, you can be…

— Scatman Crothers

Films just happened by chance. I had no interest in films or acting as a heroine, but that's a long story.

— Shraddha Srinath

There are two schools of thought here. On one side you have 'only disabled actors can play disabled roles' and over here…

— Adam Pearson

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different…

— Cameron Monaghan

I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about…

— Stephen Rea

I've always enjoyed acting, and there's more than a degree of it involved in singing live on stage.

— Pete Doherty

I haven't actually studied acting at all.

— Kat Dennings

...I will not be a sight gag for anybody. I will not do anything degrading to myself or other fat people.

— Darlene Cates

I am always excited to be an actor. If I wasn't, I would be acting, and the audience wouldn't watch me.

— Varun Dhawan

I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the…

— Alice Walker

I wanna do a movie! Anything that I connect with, really. I read scripts, I've taken some acting lessons, and I feel…

— Avril Lavigne

We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with…

— Barbara Deming

I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky…

— Amanda Burton

When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.

— Tamsin Egerton

When the acting all dries up, I won't be going there - either to the police force or to the church. I'll…

— Nicola Walker

One of the things I love most about acting is just disappearing in the role, as much as I can. I think…

— Michelle Pfeiffer

I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.

— Patricia Heaton

I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost -…

— Kathleen Turner

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

— Ron Perlman

It's part of my job. You can't play Veronica Guerin sounding like this. It just wouldn't wash. But what I find fascinating…

— Cate Blanchett

I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want…

— Lake Bell