Acting Quotes · Page 114

I enjoy production more than acting, as one is involved in many aspects of film-making.

— Pooja Bhatt

Acting is wonderful therapy for people. Instead of suffering for yourself, someone will do it for you.

— Sophie Marceau

Acting is a very strange thing. It isn't about trying to feel, for me, it is about thinking.

— June Brown

It seemed that I performed better sober than drunk. Who knew?

— Craig Ferguson

I left the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2004, and I did five years of theater after that.

— Aidan Turner

Rapping and wrestling are pretty much the same. It's not quite acting, but it's kind of acting too, right?

— Sexyy Red

I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much.

— Charlize Theron

My life changed when I was introduced to Satyajit Ray. It was acting for me thereafter.

— Sharmila Tagore

“If a woman pushes to get the job done, if she's highly competent, if she focuses on results rather than on pleasing…

— Sheryl Sandberg

With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who…

— Sienna Miller

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different…

— Katherine Heigl

For me, Domhnall is an acting teacher as much as anything. If I turn out to be half the actor he is,…

— Brian Gleeson

There was a time I thought about being a professional guide. I'm a big outdoorsman, but the acting thing has always been…

— Matt Long

I auditioned for a Pepsi commercial, and I got it, and that was incredibly fun. So I thought, Well, maybe I should…

— Channing Tatum

I got Michael Caine's book, Acting In Film, and I read it on the plane, desperately trying to glean information from him…

— Eric McCormack

Acting is divine dissatisfaction. It's the greatest thing in the world to do, but you are never satisfied with it ever.

— Jim Carrey

That's where you can find things and modulate your performance and give the other actors something fresh to respond to. We've probably…

— Denzel Washington

For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I'd go into a shoot, there'd be all…

— Agyness Deyn

I really just enjoy listening to talk [to John Hurt and Charlotte Rampling]... not even about acting or anything. It's interesting because…

— Kirsten Dunst

I feel the acting conservatory taught me how to be a working actor in the 1700s. We learned stuff like 'to the…

— Eric Andre

I don't like showing the technique. I don't like people who say, "Here, I'm going to act, but first I have to…

— Clint Eastwood

Everybody is great and the chemistry is different with everyone. That is the joy of acting - you really don't know how…

— Tom Hiddleston

I went to NYU for acting, for six years. I thought acting was the easy way out or in because I didn't…

— Drea de Matteo

I was cast in commercials, music videos, and booked a lot of modeling jobs. But my acting career never took off because…

— Angelica Ross

When I did my first episode of 'Xena,' I told my parents this is the worst acting I've ever done.

— Hudson Leick

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

— Mel Gibson

I've been acting for years. I always act surprised when Marco Rubio says something stupid.

— Ann Coulter

In the end, there probably isn't much difference between being in love and acting like you're in love.

— Dan Chaon

In the moment of acting you don't feel like anything, you feel like the person, as much as you can.

— Jason Isaacs

Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion.

— Mia Wasikowska

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture.

— Alfred Lunt

I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring.

— Andrew Scott

I'd rather concentrate on making my character more convincing than trying to prove my acting prowess.

— Atul Kulkarni

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

— Elia Kazan

Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.

— Tod Machover

Acting just seems to be a way of getting into a different place. It seems like a really creative place to be.

— Adrian Pasdar

I've always loved acting with adults versus like the whole High School feel.

— Alison Lohman

The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.

— Melissa Leo

I have enjoyed acting, but getting into production is hectic. I am not made for it.

— Ayesha Takia