Acting Quotes · Page 84

I've been painting off and on since I was in sixth grade. I don't paint when I'm acting - I'm not really…

— Michelle Pfeiffer

My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing…

— Jennifer Aniston

It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some…

— Paddy Considine

Acting, for me, is not an end in itself. It's more a means to asking the questions I'm obsessed with about life.

— Kerry Bishe

The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This…

— Lance Henriksen

Acting can be a difficult business. When I was younger, if my mates were doing better than me, I might be a…

— Max Beesley

Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous!…

— Marie Windsor

I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.

— Randeep Hooda

There are a lot of projects I want to do with producing and acting outside of wrestling.

— Big Show

Growing up, I wasnt sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

— Daniella Alonso

For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.

— William Holden

I wouldn't say that I'm very similar to the character of Nathan at all. Both of us have had very different upbringings…

— James Lafferty

I was initiated into acting with college plays, enacted by our amateur theatre group, Natya Aradhna, in Sholapur.

— Atul Kulkarni

I use my hands a lot while acting.

— Mohanlal

I love the possibility that anything can happen in any moment with acting. That you have the opportunity to experience lives and…

— Anonymous

You can't teach anyone. You can't tell anyone. That's the thing you have to sit down and experience in order for it…

— Zack Snyder

Ibsen is like this room where we are sitting, with all the tables and chairs. Do I care whether you have twenty…

— Eleanora Duse

Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt…

— Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

If my reel life character resembles me in real life, I can portray it comfortably. To me it's not acting, it's just…

— Bhumika Chawla

Because I came into acting late, my references come from real life. That's my biggest inspiration. It's probably the reason I moved…

— Romany Malco

Leonardo is the most incredible actor, on the planet, with a couple of people alongside him. Getting to act with him is…

— Carey Mulligan

Acting is constant exploration.

— Paul Guilfoyle

And the best films feel like a fist punching you in the solar plexus and all elements of the filmmaking process -…

— Ethan Hawke

Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government. It consists in assessing a situation…

— Barbara Tuchman

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school.

— Dennis Farina

I knew that I wanted to pursue acting as a profession during my sophomore year of college. One of my Professors (Karen…

— April Parker Jones

I like to keep experimenting - singing, dancing, acting. I want to learn an instrument, dive. I want to do everything. I…

— Mithila Palkar

I want to inspire people with my work, whether I'll be dancing, acting, on the big screen, or in the production room.

— Vivian Nixon

I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me. I think what goes into my work is everything beforehand that…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

Everyone in my family used to work with some kind of tool in their hands every day. That's what we do. That's…

— Matt LeBlanc

I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my…

— Madisen Beaty

I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to…

— John Polson

I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But…

— Eamonn Walker

You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.

— Frank Langella

I've always known I wanted to be in design somehow. It was going to be architecture, but I would've had to quit…

— Aldis Hodge

Switching from acting to cricket isn't difficult, because I have represented Delhi in the under-19 category. Plus cricket is in my blood.

— Angad Bedi

Theater was such a different school of acting. But it really is a foundation of everything. It's where it all started! And…

— Matthew Lewis

Acting in 'Mr. And Mrs. Iyer' was a unique experience. It was the first time that my mother was directing me in…

— Konkona Sen Sharma

There's no real talent involved in modeling. Acting has substance.

— Amber Heard

Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven.

— Sofia Coppola