Acting is a child's prerogative. Children are born to act. Usually, people grow up and out of it. Actors always seem to… — Joanne Woodward Copy Share Image
I'm one of five; I have three sisters, so I've always had three best girlfriends. Actually, I'm the middle child, so it's… — Jordana Spiro Copy Share Image
If you do not make it a matter of study, how you may successfully act in building up the kingdom of Christ,… — Charles Grandison Finney Copy Share Image
The thing that attracted me the most was comedy acting and people like Catherine Tate and Olivia Colman; people doing funny voices… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
I was acting before I was modelling, when I was very young, doing the Edinburgh Festival and that sort of stuff. — Pollyanna McIntosh Copy Share Image
The acting is more of a secondary thing for me now. I will be in it, if I'm the best man for… — Jason Gann Copy Share Image
I study English literature but my friends are doing psychology and things like that. No one cares about acting there. It's not… — Yasmin Paige Copy Share Image
Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old… — Jack Huston Copy Share Image
I aspire to be Jack Nicholson. I love his every single mannerism. I used to try and be him in virtually everything… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I do think that's one of the reasons that acting appealed to me so much: the idea of letting go of control… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
As the acting class was going on, I just realized I just knew more about cinema than the other people in the… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
With directors, some have a kind of in-built ability to just know how to work with actors and get the best out… — Paddy Considine Copy Share Image
We spend too much time wondering what others may have thought about our outfit or the comment we made in the small… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've been acting since I was young because I wanted to, not because my parents wanted me to. My dad is a… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
We don't live for realities, but for the fantasies, the dreams of what might be. If we lived for reality, we'd be… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
I've always said yes to films because I have liked the people I'm working with. I'm very emotional that way about what… — Lisa Haydon Copy Share Image
I definitely see myself on TV. People say I got a TV smile, a TV face, so I'm ready to put my… — Micah Parsons Copy Share Image
I do not understand the pleasure of being so famous. I just don't get it. I love acting and doing the work.… — Sarah Alexander Copy Share Image
When I was in 'Billy,' I always knew that I wanted to do something in performing. I always knew that I wanted… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
I haven't got the capability or the patience. As a director, you need to be very good with people's personalities and be… — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
In writing the autobiography, I can really chuckle when I look at the songs. I was acting out the part. I saw… — Boy George Copy Share Image
When something tragic happens, all we want to do is escape it. Acting has always been kind of a twisted way of… — Diana Silvers Copy Share Image
I never pursued acting with, like, auditions. If anything, I was given roles by people who knew me and liked what I… — H. Jon Benjamin Copy Share Image
As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
I grew up the son of an acting teacher but I've never been really good at articulating what that process is. It… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set… — Rumi Copy Share Image
So many people ask me it it isn't thrilling to kiss all these handsome movie stars? It isn't anything like that. It's… — Vera-Ellen Copy Share Image
Acting might bring on emotional exhaustion, but writing tired your brains out. Writing led to depression and insomnia and walking around all… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
Because I'd grown up with this singular focus on sports, I just kind of did that with acting. That became an obsession.… — Frankie Shaw Copy Share Image
I started acting when I was young, and I didn't go to drama school. It was always something that I did alongside… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting… — Sarah Wayne Callies Copy Share Image
“Whatever genre you deem suitable for your taste – romance, comedy, action, mystery, sci-fi or anything else, make sure it has the… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie,… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I'm a frustrated actor. My ... goal is to beat Alfred Hitchcock in the number of cameos. I'm going to try to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I get too involved with my job. If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a… — Manny Montana Copy Share Image
With acting, you see some of the kids are literally just off the street, untrained, and they are great. And others are… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually… — Tamzin Merchant Copy Share Image
Most of my acting has been for fantasy-based shows like 'A Korean Odyssey.' But for 'Vagabond,' it is totally different. — Lee Seung-gi Copy Share Image
