Acting Quotes · Page 75

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

— Swoosie Kurtz

Acting was always my passion, even before music, so I knew I was always heading down that path.

— Ashley Thomas

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

— Adam Driver

Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing

— Carlos Ghosn

Act before you think - your instincts are more honest than your thoughts.

— Sanford Meisner

The secret to acting is don't act. Be you, with add-ons.

— Michael Sheen

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.

— Denzel Washington

acting is a wild ride, shared in the company of other actors.

— Diane Keaton

I got to a point where I was completely typecast, and I knew I was paying my dues, and I was happy…

— Guillermo Diaz

I have a long way to go as far as my acting career is concerned. Lots of milestones are to be achieved…

— Roop Durgapal

In acting, I've been told I'm too big for roles that are literally asking for bodybuilders or I get a butch characterization…

— Katy O'Brian

Those who base their lives on the belief that a loving God is acting in their behalf tend to see problems as…

— Nido R Qubein

Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting…

— Tara Lipinski

I have to work extra hard because I am dyslexic. People said that I couldn't be an actress, but I'm proving them…

— Bella Thorne

One of the chief duties of the mathematician in acting as an advisor ... is to discourage ... from expecting too much from mathematics.

— Norbert Wiener

In war, force is used by the belligerents themselves, no effort being made to bring evildoers before a judicial body, each army…

— Kirby Page

You missed the point completely! You're acting..." The word stuck in my throat. He didn't hesitate to say it. "Jealous?" When I…

— Maria V. Snyder

It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught…

— Lupita Nyong'o

Confidence. That's huge as an actor. Confidence can get you a long way. Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my…

— Steven Yeun

It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my…

— Allison Tolman

I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I…

— Ian Mckellen

Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truely loves does so because of a decision to love. This person…

— M. Scott Peck

For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true…

— Adam Johnson

I think people are uncomfortable seeing pregnant women, particularly with any kind of conflict. [Pregnancy is] very much a projection of life…

— Rose Byrne

When I joined the industry, people were not very appreciative of models turning to acting.

— Rahul Dev

What's important about an actor is his acting, not his life.

— Vincent Price

It has been quite a journey from Miss India to modelling and acting.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.

— Ali Wong

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

— Michael Caine

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

— Katharine Hepburn

For me personally, I'm mostly focused on writing and acting right now.

— Ben Savage

I'm pretty tried-and-tested in the world of 'suit acting.'

— Pierce Brosnan

“Only then, when no situation or character is obviously good or evil, is it truly interesting to act.”

— Liv Ullmann

I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.

— Jane Lynch

Yeah, I've only been acting since I was 18 out of high school.

— Dylan O'Brien

I love acting with all my heart and I love music with all my heart.

— Billy Bob Thornton

There are moments when you get out of your own head and you exist in the moment, and that can be good…

— David Duchovny

I just want to keep being creative, and I want to feel inspired by a role, and I want to keep acting.

— Ellen Wong

You don't take a job in acting at all expecting 25 years in and a pension.

— Sarah Wayne Callies

When I first started acting, I never thought I'd be on TV or film. I always wanted to be on stage.

— Michael Socha