If anyone out there wants me to play a Pre-Raphaelite character, I'd do it in a flash. That's what is so curious… — Alex Kingston Copy Share Image
I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had… — Fiona Gubelmann Copy Share Image
By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I'm definitely shy, so it was definitely acting for me to drop a trench coat and be in a bikini and try… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
The acting of the '50s is really stylized, so you're not really getting a lot of authentic, everyday characterization of people. — Nicholas D'Agosto Copy Share Image
I have been acting for more than 25 years and have worked in all the four Southern languages. But it is in… — Suhasini Maniratnam Copy Share Image
A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
I'm not a super emotional person, so that's one reason I love acting - it makes me deal with myself in that… — Aubrey Plaza Copy Share Image
My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more… — Dana Hill Copy Share Image
What surprised me about directing is how much I loved it and how happy I am to be on the set. I… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I had a really small role (playing goddess Aphrodite), and I was only working for just over a week with Ralph Fiennes… — Agyness Deyn Copy Share Image
I thought I'd be a journalist, and only pursued acting intermittently while studying. My very first interview as a journalist was with… — Liane Balaban Copy Share Image
The ghost caliphate will be a virtual organization; it'll be decentralised, with no leadership, and it will just encourage people to keep… — Malcolm Wrightson Nance Copy Share Image
Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Music is my first love and the thing that I feel extremely connected to. I feel like I still have a long… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Before adolescence I had an incredible voice. Like when I was 12, 13, 14 - I was taking acting classes, I was… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
I have horrible acting ability. I can only be one thing and that's it. So for better, for worse, that's all I've… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent", in fact… — Plato Copy Share Image
... unless the actor is able to discourse most eloquently without opening his lips, he lacks the prime essential of a finished artist. — Julia Marlowe Copy Share Image
I took a break from acting for a little bit, came back, and didn't know how it was going to be, but… — Cole Sprouse Copy Share Image
Acting is a work in progress for me. I just try to keep my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open,… — Dennis Farina Copy Share Image
I like acting and being a musician. It's like comparing apples and oranges. But I really like my day job. I've always… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
Acting is something that I couldn't recommend to anyone because the odds of it working out are so insane. I don't know… — Kat Dennings Copy Share Image
I feel like I can do any kind of acting. It's hard to convince other people of that. I feel very confident… — Noel Wells Copy Share Image
When I was trying to get into acting, to have been a model was about as low as you could get in… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
I studied acting throughout high school, then modelling took over because it brought more opportunity. When I quit modelling, coming back to… — Cobie Smulders Copy Share Image
When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
It took a while to find a passion for another career that was as strong as the passion that I had for… — Maurice Hall Copy Share Image
In its most fundamental sense, execution is a systematic way of exposing reality and acting on it. Most companies don't face reality… — Lawrence Bossidy Copy Share Image
And when I first started writing, it was literally in acting classes. And what would happen is now it's really easy to… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I know this may come as a shock to most of you, but I've decided to quit acting. I will not be… — Chris Pratt Copy Share Image
I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in… — Caity Lotz Copy Share Image
My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I think my personality leaks thru in all my roles. There are probably lots of parts of my personality that I don't… — Jane Badler Copy Share Image
I had no inclination to perform as a kid. I was a shy child - I always had my nose in a… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
Trump doesn't understand the counterintelligence process. Take, for example, Carter Page. He's been appearing on television and acting as though the U.S.… — Malcolm Wrightson Nance Copy Share Image
Acting is never really effortless, at least not for me. It requires a massive amount of work. But, there's definitely an added… — Charlie Hunnam Copy Share Image
The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be behind a desk. I didn't want to do a normal job. I had made my mind up.… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
I was at a loose end, and someone suggested that it would be something that I should take a look at, and… — Cory Monteith Copy Share Image
![“What surprised me about directing is how much I loved it and how happy I am to be on the set. I love coming to work in the morning. What I realized is that I never loved acting. I don't love being in the hair and makeup chair. I don't [love] being in costume. To me the strangest thing is that I've…” quote by Angelina Jolie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/angelina-jolie-468_acting_what-surprised-me-about-directing-is-how_1285658.jpg)
