I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
I left acting for a couple of years to found my company, Wayfarer, and the first project I did was this documentary… — Justin Baldoni Copy Share Image
When I first started acting in college, at Cal, the thing that I loved about acting was not being onstage but going… — John Cho Copy Share Image
Climate change, the spread of weapons of mass destruction. None of those can really effectively be dealt with by any one country… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed!) Lana Turner has collapsed! I was trotting along and suddenly it started raining and snowing and you… — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
Being behind the camera you have control; you have the ability to make decisions for characters, for where the story line's going… — Kurt Yaeger Copy Share Image
Acting a part is not always synonymous with lying; it is far often the best way of serving the truth. It is… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid. Everybody’s like, ‘How can you remain with a level head?’ And I’m like, ‘Why… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
I was cursed with age, really. You do that stupid thing at 12 years old when you say something and it kind… — Tom Felton Copy Share Image
I would like to continue acting. I tell people I can't go back to real life. I have to see how far… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I definitely devote so much more time to acting, but since it only takes a day or two to shoot and get… — Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Copy Share Image
Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a… — Osric Chau Copy Share Image
Most of my friends who have done well financially, from television series and investments, are still insecure about acting. They don't need… — Mike Connors Copy Share Image
Growing up and applying to college, I just imagined that I would study acting. But then, once I went to college, I… — Sophia Takal Copy Share Image
I am one of the Clave. It's in my blood and bones. So tell me, if you're so sure this wasn't my… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
My No. 1 piece of advice, especially for someone who's an actor-singer-dancer - a triple threat, they're called! - people say, 'What's… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
I think acting is really fully adapting - to your surroundings, to your emotions, to the people that you're working with, to… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I didn't always want to act. My passion was writing, and it still is one of my primary passions to this day,… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
The Midwest isn't somewhere you mix with those from the performing arts. But my mum and dad would go off to Chicago… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I don't want to grow old as an actress and deal with the fact that I'm getting less jobs… — Kerry Condon Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing about acting and directing in a film is acting and directing in a film. Every ounce of your… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
I'm non-binary, so I use 'they' and 'she' pronouns and I think it's interesting that we feel pretty binary about comparisons. People… — Eva Victor Copy Share Image
Whether you're acting or you're writing, your skin is just basically ripped off and you're putting yourself out there. At least the… — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
I had a talk with my older son a couple of days ago. I explained to him that I went to a… — Sofia Helin Copy Share Image
My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at… — Vanessa Morgan Copy Share Image
As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope...… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
I've had moments in my life when I've thought if I wasn't acting, if I wasn't doing what I do and I… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
It took me forever, learning improvisation, because I had studied with Lee Strasberg - I dropped out of Chicago and went to… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
I've been acting for so long it's more like - I won't say easy, exactly, but there's not the same angst with… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
When you're acting, you're subjective; when you're a director, you're more objective.You're kind of watching from the outside and helping others, and… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and… — Samuel E. Morison Copy Share Image
If any successes has come to me, it came because I insisted on thinking things through. That's all I was capable of… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
My tutor was a film director on the side, and she introduced me to film. She then put me in one of… — Eve Hewson Copy Share Image
You can't think about how people will perceive you or your character. All you can do is focus on your work. The… — Robert Patrick Copy Share Image
I knew my destiny from a young age. Something happened when I was very young and I didn't know what it meant.… — David Dayan Fisher Copy Share Image
![“I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it turned out that once I started acting that I started getting a certain kind of role, that I never saw myself as growing up, so I really love when I get an opportunity to play a [comedian]…” quote by Steve Buscemi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/steve-buscemi-5055_acting_i-ve-always-loved-comedy-and-growing-up_1264801.jpg)
![“Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid. Everybody’s like, ‘How can you remain with a level head?’ And I’m like, ‘Why would I ever get cocky? I’m not saving anybody’s life. There are doctors who save lives and firemen who run into burning buildings. I’m making movies. It’s stupid.’” quote by Jennifer Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43d/jennifer-lawrence-1354_acting_not-to-sound-rude-but-acting-is-stupid-e_1385240.jpg)
