--- title: "12 Acting Strange Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Acting Strange quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Acting Strange sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/lena-olin-31470_acting_acting-is-a-very-strange-job-2724858_2724858.png" --- > [Acting is a very strange job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-olin/acting-is-a-very-strange-job/) [Lena Olin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-olin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/lena-olin-31470_acting_acting-is-a-very-strange-job-2724858_2724858.png) > [Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stellan-skarsgard/acting-is-such-a-strange-vague-profession-but-my-kids-know-it-s-hard/) [Stellan Skarsgard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stellan-skarsgard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/stellan-skarsgard-3602_acting_acting-is-such-a-strange-vague-professio_2833482.png) > [Acting is a strange business; one day it's there, and the next day nowhere to be seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-richardson/acting-is-a-strange-business-one-day-it-s-there-and-the-next-day/) [Ralph Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-richardson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/ralph-richardson-36297_acting_acting-is-a-strange-business-one-day-it_2281783.jpg) > [Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keri-russell/acting-is-a-strange-profession-and-yes-sometimes-i-struggle-with-its/) [Keri Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keri-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/keri-russell-8795_acting_acting-is-a-strange-profession-and-yes-s_1886227.jpg) > [Acting is a strange job because your control is very limited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romola-garai/acting-is-a-strange-job-because-your-control-is-very-limited/) [Romola Garai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romola-garai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/romola-garai-7631_acting_acting-is-a-strange-job-because-your-con_2846991.jpg) > [Acting is a very strange thing. It isn't about trying to feel, for me, it is about thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-brown/acting-is-a-very-strange-thing-it-isn-t-about-trying-to-feel-for-me/) [June Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/june-brown-6655_acting_acting-is-a-very-strange-thing-it-isn-t_806063.jpg) > [Acting is such a strange thing, it's different for everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-smith/acting-is-such-a-strange-thing-it-s-different-for-everybody/) [Gregory Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/gregory-smith-30641_acting_acting-is-such-a-strange-thing-it-s-diff_2469532.jpg) > [Ladies and babies, and mortgages, for that matter, can all wait. Acting has done a strange thing to me, though. I often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-redmayne/ladies-and-babies-and-mortgages-for-that-matter-can-all-wait-acting/) [Eddie Redmayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-redmayne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/eddie-redmayne-13402_acting_ladies-and-babies-and-mortgages-for-that_623724.jpg) > [I remember what you said to me. You were acting so strange and maybe I was too blind to see. That you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nsync/i-remember-what-you-said-to-me-you-were-acting-so-strange-and-maybe-i/) [Nsync](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nsync/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/nsync-19381_change_i-remember-what-you-said-to-me-you-were_517268.jpg) > [But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/but-now-old-friends-are-acting-strange-they-shake-their-heads-they/) [Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/joni-mitchell-1160_acting_but-now-old-friends-are-acting-strange-t_1523598.png) > [Acting is a very strange industry in that it flows in these weird ways, I'll be so busy for 6 months and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alia-shawkat/acting-is-a-very-strange-industry-in-that-it-flows-in-these-weird/) [Alia Shawkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alia-shawkat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/alia-shawkat-9332_acting_acting-is-a-very-strange-industry-in-tha_1614512.png) > [I absolutely have no foresight. I used to think I had a lot when I was younger. I worked really hard in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-stewart/i-absolutely-have-no-foresight-i-used-to-think-i-had-a-lot-when-i-was/) [Kristen Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/kristen-stewart-809_stop-caring_i-absolutely-have-no-foresight-i-used-to_1221389.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting-strange/#itemlist", "name": "Acting Strange Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Acting is a very strange job.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lena Olin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-olin/acting-is-a-very-strange-job/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/lena-olin-31470_acting_acting-is-a-very-strange-job-2724858_2724858.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/lena-olin-31470_acting_acting-is-a-very-strange-job-2724858_2724858.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15f/lena-olin-31470_acting_acting-is-a-very-strange-job-2724858_2724858.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Acting is a very strange job.” — Lena Olin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stellan Skarsgard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stellan-skarsgard/acting-is-such-a-strange-vague-profession-but-my-kids-know-it-s-hard/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/stellan-skarsgard-3602_acting_acting-is-such-a-strange-vague-professio_2833482.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/stellan-skarsgard-3602_acting_acting-is-such-a-strange-vague-professio_2833482.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/stellan-skarsgard-3602_acting_acting-is-such-a-strange-vague-professio_2833482.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour.” — Stellan Skarsgard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Acting is a strange business; 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I used to think I had a lot when I was younger. I worked really hard in school to give myself options, and I've literally taken those options and thrown them down the toilet. Purposely - not to make that sound totally negative. It's what I want. I want to keep doing what I'm doing. It's funny, people ask me all the time: 'What do you do for fun? What do you do when you're not acting?' It's a strange thing, acting. It's a business, it's a job, everything like that. All it is, is self-reflection. You just never stop caring about people and I've never stopped doing that, so I'm sure it'll seep into other areas of my life. I want to write. 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