Acting Quotes · Page 63

Acting is not my favourite thing. I don't like wearing costumes and wigs.

— Victoria Wood

Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.

— Juliette Lewis

I sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything.

— Elle Fanning

When I came out to L. A., I got a part in an episode of 'Star Trek: Voyager,' and I hired an…

— Sarah Silverman

The strangest things can happen when u get caught up in image an actin...

— Melchor Lim

Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe.

— Kirk Douglas

I enjoy acting and just love to do my roles - big or small.

— Pankaj Tripathi

I enjoy doing things that involve research because it's part of what I enjoy about acting.

— Michael Sheen

We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat…

— Eleanor Robson Belmont

I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there…

— Kristanna Loken

Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.

— Loni Anderson

Acting in a new movie or series will be challenging, especially after 'Squid Game,' so I intend not to limit myself to…

— HoYeon Jung

Mani laughs every time he hears someone ask me, 'Don't you miss acting?' Because he sees me with make-up on every morning…

— Suhasini Maniratnam

I can't say that I haven't done some bad acting in my time. I have. Usually that involves what we actors call…

— Billy Campbell

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

— Jacqueline Bisset

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I've always loved teaching acting. I think it helps me to kind of get back to basics. It's like a refresher course…

— Alfred Molina

I grew up in Georgia, and I started acting in plays when I was like eight years old, and I always memorized…

— Carrie Preston

If you focus on what you want and you persevere, chances are you succeed. You know, that's what I found. It might…

— Cory Monteith

I just feel lucky to have had my training at Juilliard. Even though it is a 'classical' training programme, they also prepare…

— Gayle Rankin

The King plays a most important part in the endgame, and gains in power and activity as the number of pieces on…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

I am not an actor. Yes, every so often I appear on talk shows to promote something I've written, and I enjoy…

— Alan Zweibel

I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your…

— Jackie Earle Haley

I have the confidence that I can take anybody and have them give a good performance, because I don't think there's anything…

— John Cassavetes

When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma.

— Christine Lahti

I like method actors who don't focus on the glamorous side, but on realistic acting.

— Sanam Saeed

I've always loved subtle acting, and that's what I got to do.

— Kay Panabaker

Taking part on this show is a million miles away from my normal acting jobs.

— Nikki Sanderson

I want to go to college, and I want to keep acting and singing.

— Miranda Cosgrove

I see myself following my dream to keep singing and acting.

— Anthony Gonzalez

Playing a superhero was an acting challenge for me. It was fun.

— Masi Oka

Even though I feel I am a bit reticent and shy, performing arts like dancing and acting is like my alter ego.

— Sanya Malhotra

Well, I went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy - I went to the conservatory - for acting.

— Christopher Jackson

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.

— Tom Ellis

I actually didn't learn about acting until I moved to America, eventually met Bert Knapp and studied with him.

— Christina Pickles

I have been into acting and direction, but choreography is my first love.

— Prabhu Deva

“The thing that makes you say, "I want to do something" - that is the beginning of talent.”

— Stella Adler

Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be.

— Noel Coward

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

— Edie Falco

It's funny: the older I get, the more I can pick out when people are acting.

— Will Forte