The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You… — Georges Clemenceau Copy Share Image
Having a live audience makes a world of difference to the acting. It keeps your timing sharp. When something doesn't work, the… — Betty White Copy Share Image
Nothing really attracts me to the film industry, to be perfectly honest. I look at acting as an art, and that's all… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
Acting is a marvelous profession ... If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
In Jaipur, I did almost everything from regional theatre to Shakespeare's plays. But when I shifted to Mumbai, I joined Anupam Kher's… — Ashish Sharma Copy Share Image
The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups! — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
In my late teens and early 20s, I worked hard on my roles, but, to be honest, I didn't feel any special… — Song Hye-kyo Copy Share Image
Being an actor is definitely not about sitting around on set and having a cigarette or something. It's about acting. The more… — Erika Christensen Copy Share Image
I think there's such a thing, as a performance gene. If it's in your DNA it needs to come out. For me… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
I just enjoy the filmmaking side of things. I feel like when you're an actor, sometimes you're in other people's hands and… — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
I will end up with someone in the arts. I am positive. I eat, breathe and sleep acting. And I'll end up… — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
Maybe the the luxury of not having acting be my only profession is that I can be more selective about what I… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
God, I love John Cassavetes. Throughout my acting career and continuing to be an actor and grow, I think there have been… — Angela Sarafyan Copy Share Image
The urge to act became the overriding force in my life. It thrilled me. There's a moment with acting when you're in… — Rupert Graves Copy Share Image
Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit… — Dermot Mulroney Copy Share Image
I was one of the only ones there interested in acting. You find when you're doing school plays that a lot of… — Sam Riley Copy Share Image
I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed.… — Yoav Gallant Copy Share Image
A warrior lives by acting, not by thinking about acting, nor by thinking about what he will think when he has finished… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
My senior thesis was a documentary. By the time I graduated from college, I thought I was going to make films, and… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
A lot of the acting students would do modeling in the arts school, so there were some gorgeous girls, but the cliché… — John Currin Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I started taking singing lessons and dance and acting. I just started acting first because that's how everything… — Lindsay Lohan Copy Share Image
I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person… — Anna Paquin Copy Share Image
Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
It was a sort of weird, troubled road into acting because I had been a bit naughty in school until I did… — Chloe Pirrie Copy Share Image
I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I… — Owen Benjamin Copy Share Image
If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I've always had an itch for acting and a passion for acting, but never really got to dabble into it too much,… — Becky G Copy Share Image
French troops arrived in Afghanistan last week, and not a minute too soon. The French are acting as advisers to the Taliban,… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing… — Ari Graynor Copy Share Image
You learn a lot about acting and being physical and being on stage, but there is technical stuff on camera that you… — Finn Wittrock Copy Share Image
I know that the greatest of actresses has about 20 good years of acting in her and that she will go on… — Jean Seberg Copy Share Image
In acting class they tell you that you have to be real, connect with the people, connect with your partner. The same… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting… — Hayden Christensen Copy Share Image
As a kid I would watch 'SCTV,' 'Saturday Night Live,' 'Monty Python' and 'The Kids in the Hall,' and be amazed that… — Will Sasso Copy Share Image
I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I wanted to to… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true… — Robert De Niro Copy Share Image
Acting is kind of an escape. You get to live life as someone else, and when you're living this life as someone… — Diana Silvers Copy Share Image
No, I haven't taken training as such but I used to attend all those 7 day workshops before the play. Those workshops… — Jitendra Kumar Copy Share Image
