Acting Quotes · Page 77

Acting after being asked is compliance. Acting without being asked is kindness.

— Ron Kaufman

I like Irish pubs, except for all the loud music and drinking, and people acting like idiots.

— Dov Davidoff

“could anyone know when an actor was true and not acting?”

— Ira Levin

I really want to do acting, and I don't want to be typecast because of my tattoos.

— James Arthur

Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting.

— Amanda Seyfried

Sometimes I feel we express more with dancing or acting or painting than with words.

— Penelope Cruz

Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.

— Brian Tracy

I have been accused of acting out of partisan political motives.

— Christine Blasey Ford

When I'm acting, it's like I am the character - no one can talk to me. But I'm not so method I'd…

— Tom Holland

Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you…

— Al Pacino

I think good actors are born with a kind of native gift. When you study too much with an acting teacher, that…

— Titus Welliver

Great acting can be almost a psychotic mix of self-consciousness and unself-consciousness. And thats the terrible conflict. You have to be free…

— Alec Baldwin

So I sat down in my student room and thought, when did I have a lot of fun? I realised it was…

— Sofia Helin

Encounter: Doubt, Shame, Humiliation. It will finally be worth it. Acting is more about courage than anything else.

— David Mamet

My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'

— Roger Moore

The process of acting is no different [playing human or ape]. You're embodying the character. You're creating the psychology and the physicality.…

— Andy Serkis

“I don't understand', I say,'why they care what I think, as long as I'm acting how they want me to.' 'You're acting…

— Veronica Roth

The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn't think I had it in me ever, and I…

— Al Pacino

I was an extroverted kid and performed, like, acting and singing. Then, the older I got, I realized I enjoyed performing things…

— Rob Delaney

The transition from sports into acting was something I got blindsided by. I had a full scholarship to law school. I had…

— Marc Blucas

With acting, I think half of it is just acting confident. We stand on these red carpets and pose in these dresses,…

— Blake Lively

I saw 'Taxi Driver,' and 'Taxi Driver' kind of saved my life. The scene where Robert De Niro is looking at himself…

— Michael Biehn

I'm not in this for the achievement. I'm in it for the illumination. That's how I choose my roles, that's how I…

— Vera Farmiga

The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to…

— Elisabeth Elliot

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.

— Natalie Wood

Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolescence.

— Carrie Fisher

I sometimes have to turn off the fan part of my brain when I'm acting; otherwise, it would be terrible.

— Greta Gerwig

I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler

— Judd Nelson

If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.

— Haley Bennett

The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.

— Thomas Carlyle

It's difficult to adopt mannerism of a real-life person and even add the nuances of your acting into it.

— Paresh Rawal

If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.

— Ed Asner

I am very sure that I won't be acting till my last breath, but I will do something graceful that suits me.

— Rituparna Sengupta

There's nothing hard about acting except the long hours.

— Fred Thompson

Acting is such a strange, vague profession, but my kids know it's hard labour.

— Stellan Skarsgard

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

— Christine Lahti

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

— Michael Sheen

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

— Pankaj Tripathi

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

— Kirk Douglas

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

— Masi Oka