Acting Quotes · Page 144

I have acted in 20 films in various languages and won 13 awards for my acting skills.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

Having the urge to write is one thing; acting on it is another.

— Roy Peter Clark

I didn't really think of acting as a job that I could do. I wanted a real job that would make me…

— Ayo Edebiri

I grew up in Vancouver and my father drove me to every single one of my acting lessons, auditions, and jobs.

— Erica Cerra

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

— Jason Ritter

I'd like to settle down eventually, but acting is emotionally draining.

— Scott Patterson

I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself.

— Mariel Hemingway

Acting brings up a lot of the past. I use my memories, whether they're good or bad.

— Barry Keoghan

Heading out to L.A., doing this acting thing. You can't rest on your laurels out there. You finish a film, you don't…

— Corey Hawkins

I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years, and really thought I was going to be…

— Scott Adsit

I love acting and directed. And Jonathan loved magic. Whatever we were passionate about, our parents supported us.

— Drew Scott

Our Revolution emerged where it was least expected by the empire, in a hemisphere where it was used to acting like an…

— Fidel Castro

During my 20s at auditions, I felt I had to prove that I wasn't just pretty, that I had acting chops. Now…

— Charlize Theron

I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try…

— David Niven

“It matters not how we were brought up. What determines our way of acting is the manner in which we administrate our…

— Paulo Coelho

I thought my acting career was going to just last forever - and I didn't plan on it ending at 41, 42…

— Lorenzo Lamas

It's fine to have talent, but talent is the last of it. In an acting career, as in an acting performance, you've…

— Rosalind Russell

If you want to be in this business [acting], do it for the right reasons. Don't be in it because you want…

— Rockmond Dunbar

Acting is all about relating to the people on stage with you, even in plays that break the fourth wall. Clowning, for…

— Bill Irwin

To the image of the characters, I do change my appearance. For example, I gain weight and I lose weight sometimes, and…

— Min-sik Choi

When I first started out on the soap, I was more theatrical, like a stage actor, a little bigger than life. As…

— Ray Wise

I can only speak for me... but in my life, I find that, in sobriety, I feel much more, and I have…

— Jeffrey Tambor

For an actor to remain a child is rather important. It's a childlike, dreamy thing, acting, if you think about it. It's…

— Michael Gambon

I hoped that I could learn how to combine an education with acting. But I was unhappy with the direction I chose,…

— Michiel Huisman

In every situation, feel before acting, just for a second. Look for a feeling.

— Frederick Lenz

My plan B, if acting doesn't work out, is to work with disabled children.

— Maria Valverde

If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.

— Holly Lisle

I don't know acting, but I choose good stories and portray emotions according to the story.

— Vijay Antony

Actually, I didn't take up acting. Rather, acting chose me.

— Poonam Dhillon

Frankly, acting doesn't scare me because I really enjoy it.

— Julianne Moore

Anyone that has a music career and an acting career I think is pretty fantastic.

— Brittany Murphy

Acting-wise, I did a web series. I play a music agent in a series called 'Keeping Up with the Downs.'

— James Michael Tyler

And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years.

— Nicholas Lea

Acting is about enhancing your life, not representing something that's missing.

— Katherine Parkinson

I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.

— Austin Nichols

I grew up on sets so I've always felt like that I wanted to be a part of the acting world.

— Lucy DeVito

Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.

— Tara Brach

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

— Sam Neill

Despite having an interest in acting, I never thought of choosing films as a career.

— Krithi Shetty

Sometimes the entire tone of an episode can be reshaped in directing or editing or acting.

— Bear McCreary