Joan of Arc should be played as a "pain in the ass" and how do I know she was a "pain in… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
Before my acting took off, I drove a truck for an inventory company throughout the northeast, but my favorite non-acting job was… — Dorian Missick Copy Share Image
Painting is wonderful because its so private. Youre not beholden to a director or a producer. But acting has been really saving… — James Franco Copy Share Image
To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting… — Don Rickles Copy Share Image
I was loving music, and loving art, painting, so I was considering those things, but I must say I dug acting as… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Music, in Mexico, just wasn't working out. So, I fell into acting and I just fell in love with it. It was… — Adan Canto Copy Share Image
I know this'll sound obnoxious, but acting was very much an accident for me. I didn't have, like, posters of Marlon Brando… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm particularly funny, I mean one of my legs is shorter than the other one, it makes everything… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I love performing. I love doing improv. It's a totally terrifying experience, but it's something that I've always felt so strongly about… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
When I'm out there, it's not even me who is doing the acting and the wrestling and the moving. It is something… — Matt Sydal Copy Share Image
Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I don't concern myself with thinking ahead to the finished product. I focus more specifically on what the character is experiencing. Once… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
I took theatre and stuff in college, then I took a bunch of different acting classes here in L.A. Sometimes when I… — Melissa Ordway Copy Share Image
I wanted to move on. I wanted to do acting. The next thing I did after [MADtv] was a good hybrid of… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
I had the taste of the alcohol since I was 11. It allowed me to be clever, charming and to behave outrageously.… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
Although I did end up trying out several different fields before committing to acting, I knew in the deepest part of heart… — Gina Holden Copy Share Image
High school is just horrible in general. So, I think it was a good time for me to have stopped acting. I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't really pursue acting. I jokingly say that I retired right at the same time people stopped hiring me, but I… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
Adopting mannerisms is called mimicry. That is not a good way to do things. You don't start to imitate somebody, the way… — Neeraj Kabi Copy Share Image
I would love to work with Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Abishek Bachchan and a lot more... even… — Payal Rohatgi Copy Share Image
I love experimenting and doing new things in life, and if things fall into place, I'm ready to take up acting, too. — Sandeep Singh Copy Share Image
I love the process of discovering a new world - that's why I'm passionate about acting. It's just discovering life, feelings, ideas… — Alice Braga Copy Share Image
I was just starting out acting [doing "Airplane"] and wanted to be taken as a professional, not as an athlete doing a… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Well every moment, every project is different. I took a very slow approach to acting, trying to really work with people I… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
In Asia, I didn't feel like I was Chloe. I felt like I was acting like someone in Asia. I was acting… — Chloe Bennet Copy Share Image
Increasingly I've come to think that what's at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it's feeling. — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
The toughest part of acting is never a single thing. It's more like a whole character. I find film really difficult -… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I… — Jack O'Connell Copy Share Image
Being a Horseman isn't something you put on in the morning and take off at night. It's a state of mind. It's… — Arn Anderson Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, my dancing skills never came to the fore, as I got involved in acting on television, where an actor doesn't get… — Vikrant Massey Copy Share Image
I love acting in different genres and in recent times, 'D for Dopidi' was one such film; however, more often, I am… — Varun Sandesh Copy Share Image
Acting was never planned. I happened to do an ad that was hugely publicized. After that, I got an offer for a… — Jasmin Bhasin Copy Share Image
Acting, it's the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I saw Song Hye Kyo once, and she was so pretty. She was bare-faced, and I was wearing full makeup, yet she… — Park Bo-young Copy Share Image
My parents wondered what to do with this insufferable show-off. They chose acting for me and I'm very grateful I can still… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
I love the simplicity of Kevin Spacey's work. He really does a subtle interpretation of every character, and that's kind of my… — Devon Bostick Copy Share Image
Wrestling and acting couldn't be anymore different in terms of what it takes to entertain. Wrestling is explosion, acting is implosion. One… — Roddy Piper Copy Share Image
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