Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one. — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
I'm not going to do the story any service if my acting isn't strong. — Shiri Appleby Copy Share Image
Acting isn't being who you are on screen. It's pretending that you're someone else. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
The acting thing is so beyond my control. Acting isn't mine. You're like a tiny piece in this big, corporate mechanism that… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
I realized that acting isn't necessarily what I love, but it's what I do. But I really do love filmmaking. — Sam Jaeger Copy Share Image
Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is really fickle. — Nolan Gould Copy Share Image
One must take things lightly, after all, we are entertainers and acting isn't rocket science. The trick is, not to take criticism… — Neha Dhupia Copy Share Image
Acting isn't something that I think about very consciously, somehow that just doesn't work for me. I just kind of feel my… — James Frain Copy Share Image
I don't have any theories about acting, and I don't think about how to do it, except that an actor shouldn't take… — James Garner Copy Share Image
I think the best advice I got is that acting isn't acting - you just want to just be, you want to… — Randy Orton Copy Share Image
I like working one-on-one with someone, and I think that to go to a school of acting isn't really my thing. — Stella Maeve Copy Share Image
I feel like within each of us is a million different people that we could reveal and that we can be sometimes...… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
Acting isn't safe. You do it partly because it's dangerous. If you can be happy doing something else... do that. You should… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
When I read something, first I have an instinctual, emotional response to it. But of course, acting isn't only just feeling an… — Joan Allen Copy Share Image
What is a struggle is that acting isn't a place where you go to work and you do that thing. There aren't… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
Every actor thinks to themselves, 'What if I wake up and I'm 45 and I'm still waiting tables, still waiting for that… — Wentworth Miller Copy Share Image
Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that… — Haley Joel Osment Copy Share Image
My preference will always be theatre because it's where my heart lies and it's what I started with and eventually I want… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
I imagine that, for most people, acting isn't something they think is a viable option, whereas for me, it was the most… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I think it's a falsehood to think you can have some kind of plan. Acting isn't like that, it's more vocational, I… — Shaun Evans Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something. — Crystal Bowersox Copy Share Image
Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I… — Victoria Pratt Copy Share Image
I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession. — Parminder Nagra Copy Share Image
The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a… — Haley Joel Osment Copy Share Image
Acting isn't always about the amount of talent you have, or your ability to cry on command. The point is, how well… — Shannon Purser Copy Share Image
Since ballet has such a solid classical framework, everything is supposed to be a very specific way, so you learn to look… — Sonoya Mizuno Copy Share Image
Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There was a time when I only wanted to show off, but as I've grown older, I've realised that acting isn't an… — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I… — DJ Qualls Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor,… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
Someone once shouted: 'We know you're acting and this isn't real' at a gig in Cambridge. I was 25, playing a 50-year-old… — Jamie Demetriou Copy Share Image
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