Acting Quotes · Page 73

The NYPD must stop acting like the only thing black people do is run from them and shoot at them. Believe it…

— Bill Maher

My aim is to say that the machinery of the heavens is not like a divine animal but like a clock (and…

— Johannes Kepler

I've always been business-minded. I worked in corporate America before becoming an actress and knew that acting wasn't the end but a…

— Eva Longoria

My dad was always taking photos of us at home, and even on set - he'd bring us along and stick us…

— Ansel Elgort

I find that you can use an acting technique when the thing isn't working, not that you make the technique the end…

— Richard Gere

Acting is a job and it pays the rent. I don't do it for fun.

— Sheila Hancock

I can't watch most of my work. Once I come on screen, all I can think of is 'What am I doing…

— Katie McGrath

The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest…

— Thomas Jefferson

God has called me to do this thing called acting and the performing arts.

— Caleb McLaughlin

To be honest, I am scared of acting, and moreover, I want to be perfect on the musical stage first.

— Hyuna

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear…

— Cathy Rigby

A lot of what is famous about film making are the movie stars and what is considered a movie star is a…

— Kelli O'Hara

Anytime someone can beat the acting out of someone else, I think it's a wonderful thing.

— Kevin Spacey

Some people think that acting's about being somebody else and I don't. I think this is how I would be given the…

— Lucy Lawless

Comedy is acting out optimism.

— Robin Williams

I think the best models are actors, you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long…

— Liberty Ross

I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the…

— Kathleen Turner

I've got some stories to tell, and acting was a way I could express myself and not feel stupid. I fell in…

— Jason Mitchell

We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.

— Barack Obama

I can hardly find the words to describe the peace I felt when I was acting. My dysfunctional self could actually plug…

— Thandie Newton

Making the AI better in a video game is not like making the AI better in, say, a chess game. Making it…

— Hideaki Itsuno

The problem with acting is that there's really no control. You're at the behest of others.

— Leigh Whannell

Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people…

— Adam Driver

I've always said that acting found me. I didn't really find it.

— Macaulay Culkin

Acting is perception, and as long as I'm honest with myself in my work, someone will appreciate it.

— Riley Smith

I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see…

— Patton Oswalt

There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do…

— Heavy D

People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that…

— Anonymous

Being in the acting profession, I am grateful because I get to travel for my work to different destinations.

— Bhumika Chawla

For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want.

— Helena Bonham Carter

No matter what happens with acting, the fans who follow me because of comedy, or because of acting, those are the people…

— Janelle James

I sort of thought acting was just about arranging your face into emotions. I didn't realise it was about actually allowing yourself…

— Mae Martin

I came to my mom and told her I wanted to do this[acting].

— Selena

Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.

— Melissa Leo

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come…

— Julie Walters

My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best…

— Lindsay Duncan

I like to read. I go to movies quite a bit. I often go to see friends in theater productions. I hike,…

— Juliet Landau

Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more…

— Erik Naggum

I would never defend a cop - though I did on a few private cases, when cops were acting not as cops…

— Lynne Stewart

He wasn't into one-night stands, he wasn't into scoring just to see if he could, he wasn't into acting just charming enough…

— Nicholas Sparks