Acting Quotes · Page 84

For me, personality acting is not that interesting. I don't want to just be myself.

— Lesley Manville

I always liked dancing and you'd go to class and find you had an hour acting and an hour of ballet.

— Kelvin Fletcher

No matter how old you are...if a little kid shoots you with a toy gun, you act dead.

— Anonymous

Acting is easier and smoother than singing - it's less drama.

— Beyonce Knowles

Sensitive, shy-of course I was. The fun of acting is to become someone else.

— Rita Hayworth

When I did my first episode of 'Xena,' I told my parents this is the worst acting I've ever done.

— Hudson Leick

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

— Mel Gibson

I've been acting for years. I always act surprised when Marco Rubio says something stupid.

— Ann Coulter

The reason why people are huge stars is nothing to do with acting. It's the magic. Charisma is a word that's used…

— Shirley Eaton

“If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the…

— Shannon L. Alder

Give more acting roles to 48-year-old half-Lithuanians who just don't want to be pigeon-holed as bakery presenters.

— Mel Giedroyc

I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights.

— Eva Mendes

When we look to cast somebody who hasn't had any acting experience before, it's really essential we find somebody who at some…

— Anna Boden

Everybody else, they're wonderful, but [Robert] Duvall sets the tone for all of cinema acting. So just to be in his space…

— Peter Jacobson

One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their…

— Jeff Bridges

I love being creative. I love acting, but I also love directing because you get to have a vision for the whole…

— Juliet Landau

It's not work, it is more of a passion. It is so much fun and it is really makes you feel great…

— Saoirse Ronan

I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I…

— Andy Serkis

“When truth and virtue are so rare in almost every area of our society the world needs theatre and the theatre needs…

— Melissa Bruder

It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some…

— Paddy Considine

I really don't feel a need to be famous, but I do feel a need to make a difference, to shed light…

— Vera Farmiga

You never really think about what happens after the Olympics - you're just like, 'I want to compete. I want to do…

— McKayla Maroney

I felt a gravitational pull to the material so that there's a certain element of acting that's not really necessary. I've really…

— Brendan Fraser

Cosmopolis is the movie of my life. I didn't consider myself an actor before, even if I had 10 years of acting…

— Robert Pattinson

In the end, there probably isn't much difference between being in love and acting like you're in love.

— Dan Chaon

In the moment of acting you don't feel like anything, you feel like the person, as much as you can.

— Jason Isaacs

I left the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2004, and I did five years of theater after that.

— Aidan Turner

Rapping and wrestling are pretty much the same. It's not quite acting, but it's kind of acting too, right?

— Sexyy Red

I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much.

— Charlize Theron

My life changed when I was introduced to Satyajit Ray. It was acting for me thereafter.

— Sharmila Tagore

When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable.

— Winona Ryder

I didn't know anyone in my family who acted; no one in my immediate family did any acting.

— Ruth Wilson

In acting, you have to know that you are worth something. I knew I had some talent somewhere.

— Will Chase

I enjoy production more than acting, as one is involved in many aspects of film-making.

— Pooja Bhatt

Acting is wonderful therapy for people. Instead of suffering for yourself, someone will do it for you.

— Sophie Marceau

Acting is a very strange thing. It isn't about trying to feel, for me, it is about thinking.

— June Brown

It seemed that I performed better sober than drunk. Who knew?

— Craig Ferguson

I listen much better when I'm acting than I do in real life.

— Sophie Okonedo

The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.

— Sydney Pollack

I will never stop acting. The day I will do that, I will die.

— Ravi Kishan