The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in… — Nick Cannon Copy Share Image
Without the heart it is no worship. It is a stage play. It is an acting of a part without being that… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
You have to really care about what you say. And if you don't, it will never come out quite right, unless you… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
As an adult and a parent, when I'm not acting, I'm not acting. I'm being a parent, and I'm on the school… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When we cannot find a way of telling our story, our story tells us-we dream these stories, we develop symptoms, or we… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
“Even I don’t know myself... In fact, I don’t know if I really have a self at all, as I’m constantly playing… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
For me, acting is like a holiday. When you're directing, you have a strong sense of responsibility for others. It's exciting but… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
And I used to write novels and little stories and compositions and I - but I put them away because I started… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
Even when you're acting, you still need to be true to yourself because you don't want to put on a show for… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I went to this massive co-ed school for the first time when I was 16. Everyone there had been together since elementary… — Holland Roden Copy Share Image
One Negro meeting another at an all-white cocktail party cannot but wonder how the other got there. The question is: Is he… — Michael Salu Copy Share Image
I have friends, African-American actors, who've had more of a struggle; hopefully they're starting to see some air and light now. But… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University… — Ryan McPartlin Copy Share Image
Acting schools want to keep you in a position where they can still protect you, but in this industry no one's going… — Johan Philip Asbaek Copy Share Image
Acting was definitely half of what I loved about storytelling and about theater. So, when I get a chance to do a… — Josh Groban Copy Share Image
I was a musician and did moderately well at that. I made an enjoyable living as a very young man, but I… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
I'm 35 but because I've been acting professionally playing women since I was eighteen years old - I never played a teenager… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
Soccer is my first love. Ive been playing since I was 4 years old. I traveled the world doing it. I broke… — Kyle Schmid Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an actor. Till my third film, I didn't imagine that I would continue acting. I didn't like… — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's… — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
You've got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I still assume that, any day, I'm going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say,… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we… — Vincent D'Onofrio Copy Share Image
I started acting as a child in Community Theatre but I didn't do any serious stuff. It was all musicals like 'Annie'… — Michelle Williams Copy Share Image
I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought… — Derek Luke Copy Share Image
Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works… — Jamey Sheridan Copy Share Image
I haven't modelled since I was 12 - that was a one-time thing, and I did it as a kid to make… — Kyle Schmid Copy Share Image
When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice.… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
I got it into my head that I was going to be starring in movies that I wrote, so that's what I… — Larry Bishop Copy Share Image
A lot of people just look at acting as a quick fix - they don't have a work ethic. This is a… — Jeremy Luke Copy Share Image
What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“Healthy entertainment does not evoke raw emotions in the mind of a viewer only to make them wreak havoc, rather it guides… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Acting is about listening and reacting. John Wayne was right: Acting is just reacting. You don't have to do much - as… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
Once I started doing stand-up, everything fell into place. That was when I started acting more; I felt like I'd found my… — Chris D'Elia Copy Share Image
There's only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them. — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
My dad always said he wanted to be remembered for his body of work, and he's made more than 75 pictures, some… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
My favorite thing about acting is that I can play all kinds of different people. Frankly, I don't consider myself a very… — Nathan Kress Copy Share Image
