Acting Quotes · Page 38

Acting is my passion, and Chelsea FC is my hobby.

— Phil Daniels

An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.

— Michael Chekhov

I love acting. I'm actually a very emotional actor.

— Rachel Bloom

Without acting, I cannot breathe.

— Laurence Olivier

But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.

— Donald Sutherland

Acting in a heroine-oriented film is a tough job.

— Sangeetha Krish

I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

— Ingrid Bergman

I always come back to acting.

— Bill Pullman

I find acting tough, but sitting around chatting - that's easy.

— Nick Frost

Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

— Shawnee Smith

To be happy, drop the words 'if only' and substitute instead the words 'next time'.

— Smiley Blanton

Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.

— Charles S. Dutton

One of my impulses in acting has always to make people feel less alone.

— David Harbour

If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act.

— Donna Brazile

Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive

— Bo Bennett

I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.

— Joaquin Phoenix

I have always been passionate about dancing and acting, and before I was passionate about it, I was fascinated by it.

— Ishaan Khatter

I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work.…

— Felicity Kendal

Before I transitioned, I was double-acting, if that makes sense. I was acting being a guy, and I was employed as a…

— Rebecca Root

I used to be under the impression that if a role wasn't difficult, then there was nothing happening. Then a director said…

— Ken Stott

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

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

By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one…

— Ram Dass

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

I started acting when I was 9. I did smaller parts here and there as a kid, and then as I grew…

— Bill Skarsgard

Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend…

— Annette Bening

I think people have a misinterpretation of Method acting, because Method acting is a wonderful thing. The thing is, if you take…

— Vincent Cassel

I'm always so nervous when I have to do interviews or be on 'The Tonight Show' or the 'Oprah' show, where I…

— Kathy Bates

I found out I had a real love for comedy and comedy writing. The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians,…

— Rita Rudner

“... so this is for us. This is for us who sing, write, dance, act, study, run and love and this is…

— Charlotte Eriksson

Acting is rare. You can be rehearsing Ibsen with Sir Richard Eyre and suddenly he has to take a call on his…

— Jamie Sives

“On the great canvas of time We all create our own masterpiece. Choreographing our steps across minutes and hours Dancing over the…

— Michele Jennae

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

— James Lipton

Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.

— Raul Julia

The less acting you have to do, the better, I think.

— Paul Dano

Nothing happens until something moves.

— Albert Einstein

Acting means nothing unless it's truth. And honesty.

— Colm Wilkinson

You know, I come from an acting background.

— Kyle Gass

“Who can enjoy acting in an empty theater ?”

— William Bolitho

Acting is my calling, not my career.

— Angela Bassett