Acting Quotes · Page 64

The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.

— Eddie Marsan

Acting, really, is a lot of mental fatigue, emotional fatigue, concentration... it's mentally draining.

— Mike Colter

When I was born, mom wasn't doing films at all, so I was never exposed that much to the world of acting.

— Soha Ali Khan

It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.

— Domhnall Gleeson

I love creating things and I feel like that's what acting is. It's just being creative.

— Lainey Wilson

By the time I could have played football, I was already into acting and that's what I wanted to do.

— David Morse

I can't do method acting. I feel there is a different energy that comes when an actor is spontaneous.

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before.

— Mel Gibson

If I had to pick one form of acting, it would be live theater. That's where I started; that's where I became…

— Nick Offerman

I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good…

— Teresa Wright

I can't say what my greatest strength between acting and singing is...I'll leave that to the critics. Maybe my best strength is…

— Erica Schroeder

I just want to keep working, really. I just want to keep acting. Playing one part for a very long time builds…

— Daniel Radcliffe

When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my…

— Jeanne Moreau

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something…

— Shannon Elizabeth

My feeling is that you should try to do the things you enjoy most in life. I chose acting as a career…

— Bradford Dillman

That's one of my little expressions. I never really studied acting so I kind of kiddingly talk about "building your circle" and…

— Susan Sarandon

Comedy today is not what it was years ago. It's always changing, in particular to female comics. No longer are certain subjects…

— Patrick Stewart

“What a lot of failed and mediocre actors do not realize, probably because it is ironic, is that the key to being…

— Jack Freestone

Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people…

— Constantin Stanislavski

I couldn't have asked for a better acting partner and a better human being to work with. We have to work very…

— Samuel Barnett

I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,-The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died…

— William Wetmore Story

There's no truth in acting, it's all a trick, because you go on stage in front of sets, you're on film -…

— Anthony Hopkins

For me, making a lot of dramas on one side it's a different sort of challenge, and on the other, it's not…

— James Mangold

I was 19 when I got my first passport as an adult. I had moved from California to New York City and…

— Timothy Hutton

I never went to school to study acting, so I'm doing this purely on feeling, and I give it my all.

— Mia Goth

I guess voice acting is just fun, interesting to say...but it is.

— Ashly Burch

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

— John Hurt

Being in the acting profession, I am grateful because I get to travel for my work to different destinations.

— Bhumika Chawla

I was a classical dancer and acting came naturally to me.

— Rimi Sen

To be honest, I think music is such an important part of life, not just for acting.

— HoYeon Jung

The last time I had a job that wasn't an acting job was '88, and I'm quite proud of that.

— Robert Taylor

I have so many passions outside of my passion for acting.

— Anonymous

When I'm acting, I'm a woman but when I am directing, I am an animal because I am very demanding.

— Suhasini Maniratnam

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

— George Burns

Acting was something I needed like air. It wasn't something I could walk away from.

— Wentworth Miller

I want to expand what I do and definitely focus a little more in the acting, theater world.

— La La Anthony

I love acting like I'm in love. It's a very positive thing.

— Amanda Seyfried

I'd love to do acting, but it'd definitely have to be comedy. I can't do serious. It's completely beyond me.

— Allan Carr

I don't have the passion for acting that actors might have.

— Jemima Kirke

You can't go into a game lax and acting like somebody isn't trying to beat you.

— Jamal Murray