Acting Quotes · Page 115

I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it.

— Colin Farrell

In acting class, teachers talk about how the 'givens' of a situation help define a character.

— Hill Harper

I will never stop acting. The day I will do that, I will die.

— Ravi Kishan

There never were any roles for my kind of acting. That's the story of my life.

— Manoj Bajpayee

I had a chance to do acting again, and, I don't know, this has always been my plan of what I wanted…

— Ashley Thomas

Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential.

— Michael Shurtleff

There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.

— Victoria Pratt

I want to use things I learn about writing in my acting, and vice versa.

— Katie Chang

In February 1953, I was making a second picture with Jeff Chandler, one called War Arrow. Jeff was a real sweetheart, but…

— Maureen O'Hara

I always felt blessed that I was able to make a living in a profession [acting] that not a lot of people…

— Clint Eastwood

One thing helps the other. My stand-up helps my writing; my writing helps my stand-up; my stand-up helps my acting. They're all…

— Charlie Murphy

What I've noticed is that when people win huge and they have those huge, huge successes, sometimes they forget about the actual…

— Jamie Foxx

If acting doesn't work out, I plan to do food photography and just eat my way through the entire world. I'm a…

— Jamie Chung

Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you…

— Al Pacino

When I'm acting, it's like I am the character - no one can talk to me. But I'm not so method I'd…

— Tom Holland

I think good actors are born with a kind of native gift. When you study too much with an acting teacher, that…

— Titus Welliver

When you spend your life acting and being other people, as opposed to being the one person that you are, you learn…

— Sydney Pollack

The biggest thing when you're playing live is that you're sitting across from the player and can get a detailed impression of…

— Phil Ivey

It's a tremendous asset if you have a visual eye because you can make huge visual statements in a very theatrical way…

— Marianne Elliott

Disney is very much a child's theater - it's a very specific kind of acting. It's loud and boisterous with the goal…

— Cole Sprouse

In a field like acting, there is pressure of all kinds, and it becomes tricky to navigate this space. There isn't a…

— Radhika Apte

I was on a show called 'SliDE' when I graduated from college, and then that set the premise of my love for…

— Brenton Thwaites

When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors…

— Albert Brooks

Never drink diet soda. It shows you have no nerve. Only drink real colas, caffeine-packed energy drinks, or vitamin water. Hate champagne…

— Paris Hilton

All I care about is doing good acting and being judged on that.

— Nicola Coughlan

I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.

— Heath Ledger

The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive.

— Craig MacDonald

I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher.

— Mark Ruffalo

Whatever the emotion is, I have learned over the years to give it space, which is also why I love acting.

— Daphne Zuniga

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

— Adam Driver

I don't know if acting is genetic. Maybe it's environmental.

— Freddie Prinze, Jr

There is an acting gene that has been passed down to me by my parents. It's nature, not nurture.

— Alice Eve

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

— Michael Clarke Duncan

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

— Shirley Knight

I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing

— Peter Fonda

Election security is national security, and we have to start acting like it.

— Amy Klobuchar

After 'Amen' people started recognising me. It made me think that acting is better than direction.

— Joy Mathew

But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.

— John Cleese

Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice.

— Janine Turner

When Take That came around my band had just come to an end and I was settling into acting life.

— Martin Kemp