That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37. — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
“When my turn on the program comes, I am not nervous at all—because all this is happening out of time, out of… — Eva Hoffman Copy Share Image
In effect the people were present through their representatives, and were themselves, step by step and point by point, acting in the… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
Acting is how I'll be able to change how Latinos are viewed in media and change how little girls see and talk… — Gina Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The weird thing about acting is you're the most competent when you're at your best, but you have to be validated. — Max Minghella Copy Share Image
Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I never considered failure. — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general. — Joe Swanberg Copy Share Image
I don't see any difference in the craft of acting, in film or television. It's absolutely the same. It's different storytelling, playing… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Acting is a tough industry. There are a lot of kids out there at drama schools and not a lot of money… — Phil Daniels Copy Share Image
I remember the first film I reviewed for the Daily was a John Ford Western. I think it was My Darling Clementine,… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
“If it must be enjoyed, then it must be done. And if it must be done, then it must be done well.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
My directing opportunities have been awesome, and my acting opportunities, some have been great and some have not. — Milana Vayntrub Copy Share Image
I'm always open to acting in Tamil films. In fact, I'm open to films from the south. — Riya Sen Copy Share Image
I'd just like to be in films that I would like to see. I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
Acting is telling the truth under imaginary circumstances. I cannot think of a worse way to describe acting. Also, I'm the worst… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment. — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
A lot of people will tell you the first step to starting something new is to have an idea. But to me… — Linda Rottenberg Copy Share Image
The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive. — Craig MacDonald Copy Share Image
What lead me more or less directly to the special theory of relativity was the conviction that the electromotive force acting on… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The biggest compliment? I would say, "You helped me." I think in terms of life, not just with acting. But certainly with… — Thomas Sadoski Copy Share Image
Young writers if they are to mature require a period of between three and seven years in which to live down their… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations. — John David Washington Copy Share Image
I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for… — Christian Kane Copy Share Image
I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career... I am very grateful for the education he… — Tippi Hedren Copy Share Image
So many things could go wrong, on any film. I've been out in L.A. for eight years and I've been acting professionally… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again,… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot. — Kodi Smit-McPhee Copy Share Image
In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private — Monica Bellucci Copy Share Image
In my years of acting, the one thing I was never able to do convincingly was to laugh on camera. Fake-laugh. — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting… — Archie Panjabi Copy Share Image
By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I tend to be very private. It's easier for me. When you're acting, you're very susceptible to comments that somebody makes, so… — Tom Noonan Copy Share Image
I personally don't prefer acting and directing in something because I don't have the same objectivity. — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
Suddenly I was writing a lot of screenplays, and I was no long in New York, so I stopped acting in plays,… — Michael Cristofer Copy Share Image
[Greek] Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I was quite badly behaved at school - I remember cutting class - and acting was a way of channelling energy. — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
Mani laughs every time he hears someone ask me, 'Don't you miss acting?' Because he sees me with make-up on every morning… — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
When I started out, I had no idea what I was doing. I was 16, and acting was a new, exciting thing.… — Krystle D'Souza Copy Share Image