Acting Quotes · Page 61

I never felt Lee Strasberg could act, and I fail to see how someone who can't act can teach acting.

— Paul Henreid

I wanted to direct a film that can showcase my son's acting prowess.

— Thambi Ramaiah

I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.

— Jack Lowden

I need both music and acting to even think about surviving life. I don't have a choice.

— Natalia Tena

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

— John Boorman

I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion.

— Miyavi

It's not that I'm retired; I just no longer accept acting work.

— Jamie Lee Curtis

If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing.

— Sylvester Stallone

The legal profession, politics and acting are very closely tied: the whole point is to have an idea and get it across…

— Kevin Spacey

Once I accomplish one thing and I'm satisfied, I try something else. I may be 50 and doing something totally outside of…

— Kid Cudi

I'm 23, so I'm not done with my life. But acting, definitely, out of what I've done so far, makes me feel…

— Grace Gummer

I was a 2-year-old baby on something, but it's not like I had lines. But I actually had my first lines when…

— Troian Bellisario

I was probably 34 when I got my first on-camera acting job, and it was through a friend of mine, who was…

— Kurt Fuller

“There’s a paradox to most things in life. Acting is often dressing up in frocks and chasing your ego, but that doesn’t…

— Colin Firth

I was so intimidated being on 'Nashville,' and acting is so much harder than it seems. But I'm always open to any…

— Sara Evans

A fight scene with a crazy can be quite physical. You don't feel it while you're acting, but each day you go,…

— Danielle Panabaker

There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do…

— Heavy D

Whenever I was alone while modeling overseas, I would always think about who I was and what it meant to be a…

— HoYeon Jung

I think the sense of performance and theatre was in my blood very early - but my father was more involved in…

— Carol Drinkwater

I usually cast myself in things because acting is how I best relate to artistic impulses. It's what I've wanted to do…

— Amber Sealey

There are a few pretty fundamental differences. In voice acting, if you are doing game recording, for the most part you are…

— Ashly Burch

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper…

— Ayn Rand

Take up martial arts and get proficient. Take a sword-fighting class. Dive in and immerse yourself in it as you would any…

— David Leitch

I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for…

— Juliette Binoche

To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe.

— Kelly McGillis

“I guess you don't know what kind of guy you are until you start acting like one.”

— Brock Clarke

I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

— Gale Harold

Nobody knows all about acting till their last film or even after their last film.

— Ramya Krishnan

Nothing gives me more pleasure than acting. But I don't enjoy going for award functions or giving interviews.

— Anushka Sharma

I am happy that I am getting roles to prove my acting calibre.

— Shweta Tripathi

Man is a mimic animal, happiest acting a part, needing a mask to tell the truth.

— Subhash Kak

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

— Alicia Witt

If not acting, I could have done art direction, or sound, or camera, or costume for that matter.

— Sanjay Mishra

I like to feel that something's alive in acting, like something's really going on.

— Jason Dohring

I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.

— Matt Besser

My grandfather, K.R. Balan, a pioneer in the film industry, wanted me to try my hand at acting.

— Sangeetha Krish

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

— Damian Lewis

I've been acting professionally since I was 24, and it's the only job I've ever done.

— Grant Show

Acting is a great life and all that, but it's the director who is really in control.

— Jackie Coogan

For acting, a two-week workshop helped me break my shyness and made me able to perform in front of people.

— Nidhhi Agerwal