Acting Quotes · Page 134

I've done a lot of casual work, and acting is a lot easier than laying carpets.

— James Garner

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

— Jawaharlal Nehru

By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.

— Isabelle Huppert

I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

— Cary Grant

I found acting tough; it takes a lot out of you if you have no technique.

— Kiki Dee

I love acting. And if there's a niche that needs filling, I'm happy to get in there and try to fill it.

— Zoe Bell

I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it.

— Geraldine Chaplin

In fact, my earliest films were in Tamil and Telugu and since then I have been acting in all languages.

— Atul Kulkarni

Being on set is the thing I love the most, and a lot of the things that come alongside acting and entertainment…

— Cole Sprouse

I had not grown up on theater - in Hughes, Ark., you went to see a movie on Saturday. So my acting…

— Michael Beck

Part of me, even when I was trying to get acting jobs, I was still kind of thinking, 'Oh I should do…

— Hong Chau

Apart from acting and singing, there is a philanthropist inside me who craves to do something for the needy and less fortunate.

— Roop Durgapal

“Claiming sole credit for scientific discovery is like claiming sole credit for a movie. Just like you and everyone involved, I played…

— Lashon Byrd

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just…

— Elizabeth Pena

I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how…

— Patrick Macnee

For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming…

— Ken Stott

I don't really think I have the personality. I am not very external. I don't want to dance on the table and…

— Jodie Foster

Standing up here 10 in a row, you know, like a bunch of seals waiting for somebody to throw you the next…

— Fred Thompson

The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise…

— John Stuart Mill

Stay close to those who are not afraid to be vulnerable, because they have confidence in themselves and know that, at some…

— Paulo Coelho

What I like about [Berthold] Brecht, it's very interesting. When Helene Weigel came over and somebody talked about Lotte Lenya and said…

— John Hurt

I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have…

— Ellen Barkin

You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One…

— Michael Caine

You'd like to think we're past certain things, the way we treat people. I thought we were at a time where you…

— Eric Reid

What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.

— Haley Joel Osment

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

— Robert Carlyle

You can't punish a child who is acting out because of sensory overload.

— Temple Grandin

Killer Punjabi' has been an amazing experience for me, right from the creative to acting.

— Pooja Batra

I never thought I'd be acting. It's very accidental for me.

— Reeve Carney

Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress.

— Jacqueline Susann

Costume is always the first layer of armour for going into battle in a new acting job.

— Freddie Fox

The journey from engineering to acting just happened. I guess some things are meant to be.

— Kriti Sanon

I had not set out to achieve something. I had left my home to act and am still acting in films.

— Atul Kulkarni

One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.

— Robert De Niro

Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source.

— Idris Elba

Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.

— Pythagoras

Acting is the absence of acting. It's believing in the truth of the moment you are creating.

— Gary Busey

The thing about acting is you have to wait to be asked to the dance.

— Ben Mendelsohn

As I've always been open to learning, directors have helped me with the nuances of acting.

— Riya Sen

If appeasing other nations means that we need to begin acting like them, you can count me out.

— Steven Crowder