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title: "11 Acting Working Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Acting Working quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Acting Working sayings and thoughts."
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> [I've spent the last year going on auditions, acting, and working hard. There will always be my celebrity, but my work speaks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kate-olsen/i-ve-spent-the-last-year-going-on-auditions-acting-and-working-hard/)

[Mary-Kate Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kate-olsen/)

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> [Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-deneuve/acting-is-also-working-with-people-who-invite-you-into-their-dreams/)

[Catherine Deneuve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-deneuve/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/catherine-deneuve-4394_acting_acting-is-also-working-with-people-who-i_384513.jpg)

> [When you're acting you put so much of yourself into working. As much fun as it is, it's still hard work and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dakota-fanning/when-you-re-acting-you-put-so-much-of-yourself-into-working-as-much/)

[Dakota Fanning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dakota-fanning/)

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> [When I'm directing I'm working from 100% of my brain, but when I'm acting I'm working from my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-gray-gubler/when-i-m-directing-i-m-working-from-100-of-my-brain-but-when-i-m/)

[Matthew Gray Gubler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-gray-gubler/)

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> [When you start so young working, you build a hunger for acting, working, and a busy life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-wright/when-you-start-so-young-working-you-build-a-hunger-for-acting-working/)

[Bonnie Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-wright/)

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> [Golf is such a big commitment, and so is acting. Sometimes you have to give up something to do something else, although,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-newton/golf-is-such-a-big-commitment-and-so-is-acting-sometimes-you-have-to/)

[Kathryn Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-newton/)

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> [I write all the time because I'm lonely. When you're acting, you're working every day all day. But then you have long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-eisenberg/i-write-all-the-time-because-i-m-lonely-when-you-re-acting-you-re/)

[Jesse Eisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-eisenberg/)

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> [My idea of acting was working in the theater. So I am very grateful for all my jobs. I know that at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-long/my-idea-of-acting-was-working-in-the-theater-so-i-am-very-grateful/)

[Justin Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-long/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/justin-long-17845_acting_my-idea-of-acting-was-working-in-the-the_3168141.jpg)

> [I believe in method acting. Whenever I'm working on a character, I start behaving like him. I start doing these things which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kartik-aaryan/i-believe-in-method-acting-whenever-i-m-working-on-a-character-i/)

[Kartik Aaryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kartik-aaryan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/kartik-aaryan-6381_acting_i-believe-in-method-acting-whenever-i-m_936965.jpg)

> [A lot of acting is working with your own psyche in order to allow yourself to be open and reveal yourself. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annette-bening/a-lot-of-acting-is-working-with-your-own-psyche-in-order-to-allow/)

[Annette Bening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annette-bening/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/annette-bening-3058_acting_a-lot-of-acting-is-working-with-your-own_2595241.jpg)

> [I hope I never have to stop acting. I love it. But, I think the coolest thing about acting is working with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-lawson/i-hope-i-never-have-to-stop-acting-i-love-it-but-i-think-the-coolest/)

[Josh Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-lawson/)

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