Acting Quotes · Page 224

My sights have always been on acting, on the creative process, never the lifestyle. Growing up in Northern Ireland when I did,…

— Colin Morgan

I actually think that craft service was the reason I got into acting: the free food. I literally remember on my first…

— Blake Lively

As an actor, you have a ton of downtime, so it's always good to have a hobby, especially another creative outlet outside…

— Chandler Riggs

I grew up in a lot of different places, mostly in Kansas, I really started thinking seriously about acting in high school;…

— Paul Rudd

I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not…

— Maxine Peake

What do you call an electorate that seems prone to acting out irrationally, is full of inchoate rage, and is constantly throwing…

— Graydon Carter

I went to school in the Bronx. I learned to constantly try to cover up the fact that I was gay. That…

— Guillermo Diaz

I kind of realized I could sing, so I played around with that for a while. And that led me to acting…

— Toni Collette

We need a common European tax policy that closes these tax loopholes. We need a common European social policy that prevents social…

— Martin Schulz

Lee Strasberg told me I had talent. Real talent. It was the first time that anyone, except my father--who had to say…

— Jane Fonda

Good fortune almost always makes some change in a man's behavior - in his manner of speaking and acting. It is a…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost -…

— Kathleen Turner

I'm a natural blonde. But when I started acting, I would go to auditions and they didn't know where to put me…

— Sofia Vergara

"Our kingdom go" is the necessary and unavoidable corollary of 'Thy kingdom come.' For the more there is self, the less there…

— Aldous Huxley

I didn't really want to be an actor when I was growing up - I wanted to be whatever I was reading…

— Jason Sudeikis

I believe I've spent my life expecting people to behave in a certain way. I believe that when they didn't behave according…

— Chuck Lorre

I always wanted to be a stuntman. If acting went well and I was able to take a year out, I might…

— Tom Holland

Theater really is what I know and what I was exposed to the most. That's really the main artistry that I love…

— Lydia Wilson

I've watched cartoons my entire life, and I know my mom has always wanted me to turn off the TV if she…

— Pendleton Ward

I never wanted to be an actress. I wanted to go into the medical professional. Acting was not important enough. That was…

— June Brown

I think, primarily, acting is like working out a muscle; the more you get to do it, the bigger that muscle gets.

— Tom Payne

I do not know what meaning classical studies could have for our time if they were not untimely that is to say,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. You don't want to…

— Robert De Niro

I've been doing both music and acting since I was pretty little. Just for fun. Being able to peruse both professionally is…

— Joe Keery

I'm very honored to play one of the women in the movie Volver, and it was special acting with all those other…

— Penelope Cruz

I spent my childhood trying to express myself, and I was not very good at it. In my town, most kids would…

— Harshvardhan Rane

I enjoy them both [singing and acting] a great deal. I have a passion for both. Maybe acting just a little bit…

— Janet Jackson

You feel the weight of the world and you take things in and you are acting out from a place of being…

— Dan Mangan

You really have to be a character to serve it properly. Obviously, you're acting, but you have to have those things in…

— Greg Bryk

I'm not a method actor because it refers to a certain kind or technique of acting that I have studied about, and…

— Ishaan Khatter

It's interesting, the acting thing. I think it must be a deep sense of insecurity that made me want to explore other…

— Trudie Styler

I started acting imagining how happy I would be if I could be on screen one day. I think I act because…

— Lee Je-hoon

I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very…

— Ewan McGregor

I have been incredibly privileged with my roles - after all I have had the chance to do some fantastic fun acting…

— Richard E. Grant

I would definitely love to continue acting, and I also really enjoy school, so I would like to balance the two somehow.

— Kara Hayward

I think fidelity is absolutely important, especially in the acting industry, which is littered with broken relationships because people are away filming…

— Raza Jaffrey

The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People…

— Jung Chang

The fact that I got into acting at all was kind of fluke-ish. I loved movies, but I can't remember ever really…

— Winona Ryder

But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In…

— Joni Mitchell

My brother said 'I want to start acting,' and me and my sister just said, 'Oh we'll try it, we'll see.' It…

— Willow Shields