If you want to be in this business [acting], do it for the right reasons. Don't be in it because you want… — Rockmond Dunbar Copy Share Image
When I first started out on the soap, I was more theatrical, like a stage actor, a little bigger than life. As… — Ray Wise Copy Share Image
To the image of the characters, I do change my appearance. For example, I gain weight and I lose weight sometimes, and… — Min-sik Choi Copy Share Image
The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones,… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
I can only speak for me... but in my life, I find that, in sobriety, I feel much more, and I have… — Jeffrey Tambor Copy Share Image
I hoped that I could learn how to combine an education with acting. But I was unhappy with the direction I chose,… — Michiel Huisman Copy Share Image
For an actor to remain a child is rather important. It's a childlike, dreamy thing, acting, if you think about it. It's… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
I played sports. The acting thing was just a direct blessing from the Lord, because I lost my discipline to play sports,… — Omar Benson Miller Copy Share Image
When you're actually feeling a character and you're going through the real emotions, and you're not fake acting, that energy stays with… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
I often say of my background: "That and a Metrocard will get me downtown." Honestly, I think the upshot of my training… — Steven C. Harper Copy Share Image
Acting is one element in a film. Directing is sort of the painter using all of those elements - sound and music… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I did this TV show, which was my first job ever. It wasn't a real acting part. It was like this promo… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are crimes which no one would commit as an individual which he willingly and bravely commits when acting in the name… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the… — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
The great thing about acting is, because you're constantly playing other characters and exploring yourself because you have to find those other… — Jeremy Irons Copy Share Image
I've tried to divide my time between the US and New Zealand, but it's difficult, and I suddenly realized that I like… — Lucy Lawless Copy Share Image
The first time I saw 'Macbeth' was not the entire play. It was at acting school, and this student was working on… — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
It is the great business of every Christian to save souls. People complain that they do not know how to take hold… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a black person is acting up or showing off, somebody might say she's 'wilin' out.' In sports, an athlete who really… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
In any creative endeavor, you do have to sort of take your shots. Nobody is going to beg you to go into… — James Franco Copy Share Image
Soaps are really like boot camp for acting. You learn about the industry, you learn about being on stage, and you learn… — Michael Graziadei Copy Share Image
What you wear for work should be comfortable and empowering. If you're working in business, your outfit should mean business. If I… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that… — Beverly Johnson Copy Share Image
After high school, I was going to move out to L.A. and try to pursue my dreams of acting. My parents said,… — Josie Loren Copy Share Image
Going to directing wasn't a reaction away from acting as much as it was a move towards something I always wanted to… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
Although a person acting under authority performs actions that seem to violate standards of conscience, it would not be true to say… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
I try to not think too much about how stuff gets seen as it's being done by a woman. Because if you… — Christine Quinn Copy Share Image
“The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out of an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Religious life ought to promote growth in the Church by way of attraction. The Church must be attractive. Wake up the world!… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Becoming carbon neutral is only the beginning. The climate problem will not be solved by one company reducing its emissions to zero,… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
I'd like this to become my principal activity: to make films about animals. Of course it's always interesting to model, but it… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Requiring fund managers to disclose how they vote would increase accountability and mean that pensioners and ordinary investors would more easily be… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
There is seemingly no biological benefit to acting with conscience; if there were, only moral individuals would survive and procreate. Sadly, we… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
I wasn't especially a Broadway type. I liked film acting better. I didn't want to stay up late. I wasn't a smoker,… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the… — Francois Arnaud Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a about seven or eight; I think it was seven. My brother said "I want to start acting,"… — Willow Shields Copy Share Image
My default position is not to be an actor. My default position is to be a follower of Jesus Christ. If that… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
I didn't know I wanted to act until it was around 21. I had just come back to Los Angeles after two… — Caity Lotz Copy Share Image
![“If you want to be in this business [acting], do it for the right reasons. Don't be in it because you want to be a celebrity. Be in it because you really love the work, and the work keeps you up at night, and it keeps you motivated, and it wakes you up early in the morning because you have ideas.” quote by Rockmond Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/rockmond-dunbar-43361_acting_if-you-want-to-be-in-this-business-actin_620112.jpg)
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