Acting Quotes · Page 79

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

— Mike Colter

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

— Will Forte

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

— Edie Falco

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

— Noel Coward

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

— Stella Adler

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

— Prabhu Deva

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

— Christina Pickles

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

— Tom Ellis

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and…

— Michael C. Hall

I think the reason we're so crazy sexually in America is that all our responses are acting. We don't know how to…

— Jill Robinson

It's all performance and my acting background made me very comfortable in front of people, in front of cameras. It helped me…

— Christopher Daniels

I'm more of a seat of my pants, heat of the moment kind of person, which lends itself well to hosting and…

— Zachary Levi

I remember the mid-50s well. It was when my life changed, and I left acting to become one of the first female…

— Lynne Reid Banks

When it came time for college, I told my parents I was going to major in acting. And they were so removed…

— Geena Davis

The thing about acting is you don't want to let on how enjoyable it is or then everybody would want to become…

— Gena Rowlands

I already have my dream job. Acting was the only thing that ever really kept my attention, and I'm very fortunate that…

— Brant Daugherty

When you suppress your true feelings or follow a path that isn’t really yours, you aren’t living your authentic self. Your soul…

— Deborah King

The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be…

— Frederic Bastiat

I did this class when I first moved to California. It was a 'Kids on Camera' class up in the Bay Area.…

— Bridgit Mendler

I think dancing is contributed hugely to how I am as an actor, just a level of comfort in my body and…

— Mia Wasikowska

I don't like to plan. Very often, for me, acting is like loving; it's using the muscle that you use in loving,…

— Susan Sarandon

I remember feeling a huge amount of anxiety and worry and pressure. At that point I was headed into acting school. That…

— Lauren Graham

The human being that I strive to be is a great human being, like a loving human being, but as an actor,…

— Common

I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right…

— Armistead Maupin

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

— Christopher Jackson

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

— Sanya Malhotra

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

— Aishwarya Lekshmi

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

— David Morse

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

— Lainey Wilson

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

— Domhnall Gleeson

Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me.

— Amy Smart

When I went to NYU, I took as many electives as I could in acting.

— Monica Barbaro

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

— Ron Silver

My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.

— Blake Lively

Sean Penn has announced his retirement from acting about 72 times.

— James Gray

The idea was to become an actor. Then I found I really didn't like acting.

— Joe Lycett

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

— Suhasini Maniratnam

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

— Anonymous

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

— Robert Taylor

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

— HoYeon Jung