Acting Quotes · Page 120

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

— Christian Bale

It's closer to just acting in a film because it was a six-month commitment. We got to fly all over the world.

— Alan Tudyk

The truth is you can acquire any quality you want by acting as though you already have it.

— Joseph Murphy

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

— Victoria Beckham

I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old.

— Megan Gallagher

In 'Sugar' I'll be singing in every episode and I'll be acting and doing comedy. It's ideal for me if it works.

— Barbi Benton

I still go to acting class. I love the craft. It's just so much fun for me, and I'm always a student.

— Eva Mendes

Truly successful people don't rise to the top by acting tough; they become better by growing stronger.

— Amy Morin

After I finished school I wanted to do a bunch of courses - art history in Florence, fashion in London and acting…

— Janhvi Kapoor

Everybody has a priority. Mine is simple and clean acting, and my work, irrespective of the industry I am in, will not…

— Parvathy

I turned down a contract with a major network in New York my senior year of college in order to move to…

— Justin Hires

I always had a real love of children's presenting, and I was lucky enough to do that and have an acting career…

— Sophie Aldred

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your…

— Jessica Lange

Acting is really instinctual and I think you can overanalyse what you're doing. A lot of it has to be based on…

— Daniel Radcliffe

You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.

— Michael Caine

Just because life signifies not bare passive existence (supposing there is such a thing), but a way of acting, environment or medium…

— John Dewey

I did community theater and kids programs at professional theaters and plays at school and voice lessons for seven years. I stopped…

— Tavi Gevinson

You can count on one hand the white rappers that have made it. So I just wanted to show the point of…

— Simon Rex

All I asked was that I be spared surprises, although, in this world of six billion souls, all acting with free will…

— Dean Koontz

There are many people who probably don't agree with my acting, and it should be that way: they don't have to agree…

— Alia Bhatt

So, acting has been my dream. But I didn't groom myself for it. I was studying and then got into college. I…

— Ananya Panday

There was a time when I only wanted to show off, but as I've grown older, I've realised that acting isn't an…

— Naseeruddin Shah

The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims…

— Mira Sorvino

Bunny slippers remind me of who I am.You can't get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers. You can't lose your…

— Dean Koontz

Acting is my profession; I enact all roles with sincerity.

— Mohanlal

I was watching TV, and there was a girl acting a fool. And I was like, 'I could do that.'

— GloZell

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Make acting seem real and as if it werent acting. Just make it real.

— Joseph Mazzello

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but youve got a lot of downtime as well.

— Elize du Toit

In an interview Errol Flynn said that his hobby was acting but he doesn't have time for it.

— Jack Paar

I'm happy when I'm acting, or singing, or dancing, or tv hosting, or writing. I've done it all.

— Scheana Shay

I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling.

— Joan Severance

When I was a little younger, I realized acting is a wonderful craft, and it's wonderful when you are working.

— Kevin Schmidt

Oh, those wonder-filled evenings when acting enables me for a short moment to have more life.

— Liv Ullmann

For basically two years, I took acting classes and found my own stride in L.A.

— Chloe Bennet

Acting: An art which consists of keeping the audience from coughing.

— Ralph Richardson

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors.

— Christina Ricci

I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.

— Joan Cusack

Cyberspace is acting like God and deals with the idea of God who is, sees and hears everything.

— Paul Virilio

I feel like acting is a ton of fun. It's the freest and most alive you can be.

— Fiona Dourif