Acting Quotes · Page 68

I play guitar; you'll find me at home strumming 'Vincent' on the guitar. I also read a lot of poetry, and Shakespeare…

— Dave Legeno

I'm acting for the same reasons I wanted to become a diplomat. I've thought about it a lot and concluded that I…

— Edgar Ramirez

For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto…

— Gabriella Wilde

I've had a love/hate relationship with performing. I was an attention seeker as a kid, doing all this stupid stuff to get…

— Tove Lo

Acting is great. When it works it is so fulfilling. You do the research and work with other talented people who are…

— Jennifer Connelly

I have just gained a deeper and deeper respect for acting and the whole art of it because you're really trying to…

— Billy Magnussen

If I failed in acting, I wanted to have a backup, thus I chose architecture. I learnt painting as well.

— Kalyani Priyadarshan

Singing is also like acting, since I memorize my lines, and I sing with emotions, too.

— Lee Min-ho

Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.

— Napoleon Hill

I fell in love with acting at a young age, but I didn't know I could make a living from it. I…

— Harris Dickinson

The term papers make me more crazy, because they involve more variables I cannot directly control! With acting, I feel more power-like…

— Fred Savage

In life, you have to keep certain parts of yourself in check because you want to be a decent human being. But…

— Paul Dano

[Voice acting] is such an easy job. It's like stealing money, really. Which I'm always happy to do.

— Brent Spiner

I've been doing some Shakespeare acting classes - and I really enjoyed it. I never thought that would be something I would…

— Kevin Clifton

I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor.

— Matthew Lewis

I would like to start acting, making movies.

— Lorrie Morgan

I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University…

— Ryan McPartlin

When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect…

— Amy Poehler

The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern,…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Acting is kind of gay. It makes you soft. You got all these people combing your hair and putting a coat over…

— Quinton Jackson

Making a transition to the adult acting industry was pretty smooth for me, and I had a great balance and a great…

— Raven Goodwin

The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that…

— W. H. Auden

I never think about awards or anything like that when I do a job. I was first named a best actor when…

— Morgan Freeman

We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.

— Malcolm Gladwell

Acting might bring on emotional exhaustion, but writing tired your brains out. Writing led to depression and insomnia and walking around all…

— Richard Yates

Acting requires risk, and that's what feeling vulnerable is.

— Allison Holker

I don't know what I would have done without acting. I officially fell into it around age 6 in a class play…

— Ari Graynor

I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good…

— Teresa Wright

I love this acting stuff.

— Harvey Martin

I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand…

— J. B. Smoove

My mom, who was a constant fixture at work with me until I was 18 years old, did an amazing job filtering…

— Kellie Martin

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

— Anonymous

We have been blessed with a healthy, growing economy, with more Americans going back to work, and with our Nation acting as…

— Jim DeMint

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.

— Lupita Nyong'o

When you're no longer seeing yourself, in some ways. You're as close to being as you can be.I suppose that's consistent with…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

In 1998, the acting roles suddenly bottomed out. I was no longer getting scripts; even my agent stopped calling. When I finally…

— Christine Ebersole

At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their…

— Bob Hope

As you climb of the organizational ladder, you have to redefine your role in the value chain from player to captain to…

— Lewis Schiff

I think doing different accents is part of the job of acting, really. It's something else that I quite enjoy the challenge…

— David Tennant

I lived what we call 'stealth' for a number of years. Even when I started acting in the industry, I didn't disclose.…

— Trace Lysette