Acting Quotes · Page 74

The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.

— Davy Jones

The problem with acting is that there's really no control. You're at the behest of others.

— Leigh Whannell

I've been acting since I was a child doing church plays and stuff like that.

— Brian Michael Smith

I had given up on acting because I would go for auditions every day, but nothing would happen.

— Fatima Sana Shaikh

I want to take acting lessons first. But I'd love to find the right film, a 'Breakfast Club' kind of thing.

— Tiffany Darwish

I'm aiming to do what I need to do for acting and nothing more. I'm bowing down to acting.

— Abbey Lee Kershaw

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

— Sophocles

I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job.

— Denis Leary

When it's a superstar's movie, it does not matter whether I am a villain, comedian or father. Acting in such movies is…

— Manivannan

I could live without acting… Acting is a gift I've received. And I'm grateful for it and I enjoy it. But it's…

— Jeanne Moreau

I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that. But I wasn't doing well in any of the…

— Justin Theroux

I don't ask other actors questions. I think that's too intrusive. I just watch. I don't want to be constricted to an…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Acting was a hobby for me when I started out, or maybe it was because there weren't a lot of examples of…

— Regina King

I think that's what I really love about acting; all of the social and moral codes of society can be thrown away…

— Eliza Scanlen

If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all…

— John Lithgow

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is…

— Ricky Jay

I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff…

— Zach Gilford

I would say runway is easier because your job is to look good or play a character that is just going somewhere.…

— Hunter Schafer

You really have to act on the force, too. You're involved in a hundred things a day, and you have to react…

— Dennis Farina

LESSON OF TIME::: When a bird is alive... it eats Ants, When the bird is dead... Ants eat the bird! Time &…

— Ali Bassam

For so many years, I've been an actor acting in other people's movies, and in 'Unstoppable,' I'm producing it, and I have…

— Kirk Cameron

One of my dad's friends from the music industry came over to our house one time and heard me sing, and he…

— China Anne McClain

Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in…

— Kate Winslet

I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes…

— Judy Greer

I did a lot of stage plays and musicals, and my first proper acting job was on 'Holby City' when I was 15.

— Lee Ryan

The Worst part of acting like a jerk isn't when you're doing it. Its when you realize you were.

— Pete Wentz

Acting is like painting pictures on bathroom tissues. Ten minutes later you throw them away and they are gone.

— Shelley Winters

Success is the consequence of first having dreams and then acting upon them.

— Richard Tyler

When I started acting almost 50 years ago, it wasn't about fame. It was about acting.

— Maggie Smith

I want to have the same success in my acting career as I did in my boxing career.

— David Haye

If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!

— Katherine Jenkins

In acting, you can't do things for the money. You've got to do a project because you like it.

— Charity Shea

I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.

— Johnny Vegas

[Elijah Wood] has got such a broad outlook. It's so much bigger than just the acting industry.

— Samuel Barnett

While some of us act without thinking, too many of us think without acting.

— Dan Millman

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

— Aristotle

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

— Garth Brooks

I am not too technical in my acting, and I feel when I get too technical it becomes unbelievable.

— Darius McCrary

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip.

— Paulo Coelho

I love acting, of course, and I would still love to keep acting, but I want to try my hands at so…

— Finn Wolfhard