The best thing about acting is when you're playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I don't know what its like for most actors, but really clearly for myself acting has always been the fulfilment of personal… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
Ewan was auditioning to get into acting college and asked me for advice as he wasn't connecting with the piece he was… — Denis Lawson Copy Share Image
During my senior year, I was supposed to spend a semester student teaching, but decided I couldn't be a teacher. My aunt… — Siobhan Fallon Hogan Copy Share Image
I see L.A. as a workplace rather than somewhere to live. If I don't get out, I go crazy. If you have… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
“Do not recite words just to prove to yourself and others that you know and love God; for he already put his… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Why would you get up there and bore people? I never have figured that out. These people are supposedly in the entertainment… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possible. But when you're… — Ben Schwartz Copy Share Image
A dream role is a role that you can't even picture for yourself. Everything I've ever played I never pictured I would… — Cynthia Addai-Robinson Copy Share Image
Remember this practical piece of advice: Never come into the theatre with mud on your feet. Leave your dust and dirt outside.… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
I took my first acting class at age 6 because I found out that's what Carol Burnett was doing - acting. Also… — Christine Lakin Copy Share Image
I'm just as intrigued by acting as ever. It's an ongoing process. There's no arrival. There's no point at which you say… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Hugh Jackman really inspired me as a kid. He's a cool Aussie guy who works very hard, and he's a fantastic actor.… — Brenton Thwaites Copy Share Image
I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom,… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
It has become commonplace to call Trump a reality TV star. That is said as an aspersion, the way Ronald Reagan was… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world… — Iggy Pop Copy Share Image
I tend to be very private. It's easier for me. When you're acting, you're very susceptible to comments that somebody makes, so… — Tom Noonan Copy Share Image
Shock is shock. Your body goes into shock, regardless of it being real blood or fake blood. The mind sends powerful messages… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
Initially I probably didn't even call it acting, but dressing up or something. As a kid I think you fully imagine the… — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
One mustn't allow acting to be like stoc kbroker - you must not take it just as a means of earning a… — John Gielgud Copy Share Image
As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
I'd had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind… — Michael Redhill Copy Share Image
It's absolutely impossible to have a serious critical discussion about enthusiasms for movie stars. Because a movie star is an animal separate… — Peter Biskind Copy Share Image
What's so crazy about it is I grew up with this need to be seen, and suddenly I'm in a place where… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
My attitude goes back to my childhood. I used to audition for theatrical roles, and you can't stand out in a room… — Jessie J Copy Share Image
I have never wanted to be typecast, one of those actors who plays a variation on a one-note theme. So just as… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, 'What's… — Taylor Schilling Copy Share Image
When I discovered that, through acting, you can speak a beautiful language aloud and have a relationship to language that isn't one… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
Though I still turn up my coat-collar in a lonely way and am always looking at myself in mirrors, they’re only habits… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity,… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
I feel like acting is sort of like that: You're getting so many 'no's all the time. It's just a bunch of… — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking,… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
We need to start acting like a team, focus on winning and not worry about all of the other stuff that goes… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
The only boring part of it is finding the fact that got you from point A to point B. Most actors, if… — Benjamin McKenzie Copy Share Image
In quick succession, Qhuinn reviewed his answers: No, of course not, the knife was acting of its own volition. I was actually… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
I'm really inspired right now by a lot of the actors and actresses who are pursuing storytelling outside of just acting. They're… — Cynthia Addai-Robinson Copy Share Image
People find it hard to get their heads around nominating a computer-generated character, but every time you see Gollum on the screen,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I'd been warned that acting was an unstable profession and knew my parents couldn't support me financially. I had assured them I… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
I'm in a real minority as far as having really supportive parents in regards to the arts. They never batted an eye… — Darren Criss Copy Share Image
I've always been in school plays and performing monologues and taking drama. Now I'm in acting clas-ses. I do it the real… — Vinny Guadagnino Copy Share Image
![“A dream role is a role that you can't even picture for yourself. Everything I've ever played I never pictured I would get a chance to play. It [has] gone beyond my wildest dreams. One thing I would love to do in my lifetime is a movie musical. I've wanted to do that since I was a kid. That's what…” quote by Cynthia Addai-Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cde/cynthia-addai-robinson-29462_acting_a-dream-role-is-a-role-that-you-can-t-ev_3046390.jpg)
![“I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom, who was a single mom, was a little reticent, but I think after that summer [in the Governor's School], she saw a shift in me and realized that it was something I wanted more than just a hobby.” quote by Zachary Quinto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/zachary-quinto-4021_acting_i-came-back-and-decided-that-i-wanted-to_2571199.jpg)
