Acting Quotes · Page 17

Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.

— Julianne Hough

With acting, I didn't get much from it.

— Karl Pilkington

I didn't want to start acting like a cartoon

— Rachael Leigh Cook

When I started acting, I used to read all the reviews.

— James Purefoy

Wishing is not acting. But willing is acting.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

My acting coach makes the impossible accessible.

— Karolina Kurkova

Any day acting is an amazing day.

— Kiernan Shipka

I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.

— Lillie Langtry

I wanted people who are though of for their acting and not their gymnastic abilities or their muscles.

— Adrianne Palicki

I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting.

— Anonymous

From singing to acting to songwriting to mom to fashion designer! It's been quite an evolution.

— Christina Milian

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.

— Catherine Deneuve

Acting is the opposite of running away. It illuminates something.

— Taylor Russell

Right now music is more my outlet than acting, but I'm waiting for that one satisfying role.

— Jeremy London

Acting is something I have always wanted to do, and now I will be able to pursue it.

— Sable

I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity.

— Jeffrey Combs

I think it's really cool how J. Lo's been able to balance an acting career and a music career. That's something I…

— Victoria Justice

I learnt how acting is more about listening to the other person; it is about reaction. You learn to be a foil,…

— Eoin Macken

When a bishop at the first shot abandons the worship of Christ and rallies his flock round the altar of Mars, he…

— George Bernard Shaw

You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste. You call your friends retards when they are acting retarded.

— Anonymous

I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the…

— Nicole Kidman

If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you…

— Norman Vincent Peale

Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn't something I was just going to put…

— Kurt Russell

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

I love nothing better than to get all the nuts and bolts out of the way - show up on time, with…

— Jane Elliot

Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience and acting…

— Dorothy Day

When I was in college, it was on the recommendation of a friend of mine. He recommended that I take an acting…

— Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

I don't have that drive to be in this field, climbing up, doing bit parts in movies to make a big movie.…

— Jemima Kirke

In my stand up, I think I try to be less energetic because I feel embarrassed about how much enthusiasm I have.…

— Maria Bamford

I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I…

— John Mahoney

Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice…

— Libba Bray

For some roles, like when I was doing Bent, that was harder and I didn't find that helpful because I was so…

— Patrick Heusinger

This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

— Philip Massinger

I don't like to intellectualize about my acting.

— Genevieve Bujold

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

God is only God when he is acting as such.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

If I'm still acting at 46, I'll be surprised.

— Ryan Gosling

I didn't choose acting. The universe did.

— Waris Ahluwalia

I take to acting like a fish to water.

— Sowcar Janaki

I've always enjoyed the physical side of acting.

— Jerome Flynn