Acting Quotes · Page 110

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

— Thomas Kretschmann

I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want…

— Lake Bell

A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me.

— Heidi Klum

I was lucky in that I didn't have to do too many outside-of-acting side jobs.

— Briga Heelan

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

— Carlos Castaneda

Acting is something I've always wanted to get into - you memorize lines when you write your rhymes.

— Torae

After the 'Golden Compass,' I wasn't sure if I'd ever get another acting job.

— Charlie Rowe

When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated.

— Ralph Nader

I don't like being watched, and I don't like being told what to do, so acting is a very poor professional choice.

— Hong Chau

Either systems are in balance or they are falling apart. If people are acting in what appears to be a twisted way,…

— Raymond E. Feist

We are seeing entertainment become politics and we're seeing people acting out in ways that are extremely violent and destabilizing. No rules…

— Oliver Stone

My parents know how passionate I've always been about acting. I convinced them this was something that I was going to put…

— Alexander Ludwig

I love being on film sets even if I'm not acting in the film, and I'm fascinated by the work of the…

— Freddie Fox

I love acting... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.

— Amanda Tapping

How strange or odd some'er I bear myself, As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on.

— William Shakespeare

I'll probably do a lot of acting first, then go to singing, but I am going to definitely sing someday. So when…

— Jamie Lynn Spears

I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been the fulfilment of personal…

— Richard Dreyfuss

The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that…

— Meryl Streep

During my senior year, I was supposed to spend a semester student teaching, but decided I couldn't be a teacher. My aunt…

— Siobhan Fallon Hogan

I see L.A. as a workplace rather than somewhere to live. If I don't get out, I go crazy. If you have…

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Ewan was auditioning to get into acting college and asked me for advice as he wasn't connecting with the piece he was…

— Denis Lawson

“I constantly watch people like Marion Cotillard or Cate Blanchett or Kate Winslet... I have a fear of being passive, and what…

— Carey Mulligan

But acting is very much a profession that is you're hot one moment and not the next - and that is totally…

— Keira Knightley

To separate journalism and poetry, therefore-history and poetry-to set them up at opposite ends of the world of discourse, is to separate…

— Archibald MacLeish

Sometimes we overcomplicate living the gospel. Consistency in acting in accordance with the Lord’s will is key.

— David A. Bednar

There is no doubt that terrorists acting under the banner of Islam have declared war on us.

— Bob Beckel

I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

— Queen Latifah

Musical theater is often seen as a lesser form of acting, although I don't see it that way.

— Christian Borle

I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.

— Elizabeth McGovern

My parents were acting teachers, but I was a bookworm who was passionate about music.

— Alison Sudol

Music was something I chose that I came to as a kid, and acting was something that was suggested to me.

— Jacob Anderson

Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.

— Ben Kingsley

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.

— Kevin Bacon

I think for comedians, acting is their natural progression. It's all about progression.

— Russell Peters

Scientology helps me in acting to focus on communication.

— Erika Christensen

I'm often spotted when I'm staring at something open-mouthed and I'm sure people must think I'm not acting.

— Diane Morgan

I just try to be honest and true to the character and play the part.

— Denzel Washington

Acting is just my hobby. When I don't want to do it, I won't do it.

— Nana Patekar

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

— David Hyde Pierce

Yale was my first audition. I say this to say I was a baby. I knew nothing of acting.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph