Acting Quotes · Page 210

I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like…

— LL Cool J

Growing up, I always had two interests and two passions; one being public service and the other being the arts and acting.

— Kal Penn

You must allow yourself to start thinking BIGGER and acting BOLDER with regards to what's possible for you. Seriously. Don't wait. Start…

— Hal Elrod

When you start in movie business... It is a business, actually. Nothing to do with art. Picasso is art, and Giacometti, but…

— Udo Kier

It was a wonderful experience to work with Sylvia. She pushed me to be more powerful with my acting, and she told…

— Lukas Haas

The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it,…

— Lydia M. Child

When I did 'Clockers,' I didn't even think about having a career in acting, I just thought, 'Wow, this is cool. I…

— Mekhi Phifer

I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It…

— Alison Elliott

A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only…

— Plato

Most of the great practitioners of the art of acting know exactly what they're doing; even in the best, most successful moments,…

— Meryl Streep

Unfortunately, or perhaps it is fortunate that I have always been forced to stand on my acting ability. I haven't a personality…

— William Powell

Standup led me to acting because I liked standup, and I saw people on a stage, and the closest, nearest thing to…

— Baron Vaughn

There is a universal element in man which he can assert by so acting as if the purpose of the Universe were…

— Felix Adler

I've been acting since I was 2 and have always been on camera but doing a video is different because when you're…

— Corbin Bleu

One day, I stopped hating. I ceased all meaningless activity. I completed the circle. I Set my sights straight. Like an Arrow…

— Henry Rollins

Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's…

— Hugh Jackman

I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you're away a lot. If you're dating somebody outside the industry,…

— Keira Knightley

It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the…

— Martin Freeman

When I'm not acting, I like to go home and be really normal. So I usually grow out my hair until I…

— Paul Dano

The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me…

— Anonymous

I have absolutely no problem on doing a negative character. If that matches up to my acting caliber, I will definitely do…

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

I love acting as a passion. It's something that is really fulfilling to me. But the core of it, which is one…

— Dylan Sprouse

I believe that acting is a talent while being a great person encompasses so much more: being a good father, a good…

— Michael Ealy

I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls…

— Natasha Calis

Acting is different all the time. When you're on set, different films, or just even in between, it's never the same. I…

— Bella Heathcote

I don't think acting should be all-encompassing. So, when I'm not shooting, I'll go down to Mexico on a spear-fishing trip for…

— Tanc Sade

I think I was never home when I was directing, because you're either prepping, shooting, or editing, and then acting at the…

— Miguel Ferrer

From an acting standpoint, you've got to continue to trust your gut because, ultimately, only that will result in a better product,…

— Jordan Gavaris

There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms…

— Richard P. Feynman

Over time, it's becoming more and more understood by people that we're acting in their interests. And that's a very, very powerful…

— Larry Page

I went through a phase where I was sick of acting, I didn't want to do it anymore, I was bored with…

— Tina Fey

I've noticed a pattern in stars that start acting out in public. Every one of them felt like they grew up without…

— Neil Strauss

My approach to acting now is so different -- I'm fearless because I have nothing to lose. Before [children] my identity was…

— Jessica Alba

I was just really wrestling with this idea of, 'Do I love acting or do I hate it?' And the truth is…

— Mike Faist

I had some acting experience; I studied theater in high school, but high school theater does not compare to Marvel Universe, let…

— Iman Vellani

I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and I hope I am always in…

— Kajol

I've been very lucky to work with great filmmakers. But I think my days of just freely acting regularly, that being my…

— Adrien Brody

Part of progressing in acting is turning down work, and that's hard; it's very, very hard to do. And I think you…

— Robert Sheehan

I used to be a chemical-engineering student, but I started studying acting, and I went for a cattle call, up against hundreds…

— Dolph Lundgren

I never studied acting in Australia. I never had an empty stage and black pajamas to run around and express myself.

— Heath Ledger