Acting Quotes · Page 97

They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness.

— William Hazlitt

I rely on regular chiropractic care to keep in shape for my strenuous type of acting and singing.

— Liza Minnelli

When I'm acting and I have to remember my lines and put my mind in concert with my body, I don't tic.

— Dash Mihok

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

— Jim Broadbent

I was modeling since I was four and acting in commercials since I was five.

— Danny Masterson

I love acting. I can't believe how fun it is and how in-the-zone I am when I'm doing it.

— Laurie Simmons

My father calls acting 'a state of permanent retirement with short spurts of work.'

— Chris Pine

I started as a director very young and fell into acting.

— Peter Stormare

From his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger.

— Andrew Jackson

Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's…

— Al Pacino

With the things that I love, I tried to put a couple seeds, a bunch of seeds in the ground and see…

— Lauryn Hill

I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.

— David Morrissey

Money was always on my mind when I was growing up. So I was always wondering how we were going to afford…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my…

— William Hurt

My dad is into business and quite established. But I decided to pursue acting. Had I joined him I would've become the…

— Nidhhi Agerwal

Acting ceases to be work because I enjoy it. But it feels like working when I do bad work, especially when I…

— Kamal Haasan

As a teen, I had no idea what the self was. Changing skin like a chameleon came naturally to me, but the…

— Julie Carmen

The enemy of creativity... is fear. We're all born creative, it takes a little while to become afraid. A surprising insight: an…

— Seth Godin

I met many Russians over the years who were convinced my brothers and I were a cabal, pulling strings behind the scenes…

— David Rockefeller

What I do is I don't act a part, I give a piece of myself. Old friends that have known me for…

— Roland Møller

The acting training in school was great, but it was mostly fun being young and in New York. Because my upbringing was…

— Pedro Pascal

I love to cook. I'd have a dinner party, and someone would be like, 'Can you do this at my house?' So…

— Meta Golding

I did a practical theatre degree, which I took seriously, and then told my parents I wanted to go into acting -…

— Shelley Conn

If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows…

— Anthony Hopkins

Acting for me sometimes is taking whatever personal experiences I have and try to apply that [to a role].

— Michael B. Jordan

Music will always be a part of my life, but career-wise, acting is where my heart is.

— Rashida Jones

Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.

— Isaac Brock

I don't think I am motivated enough to act just for the sake of acting.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I'm not the smartest dude in the world. (After all... I picked a career in acting.)

— Stephen Amell

I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.

— Abby Elliott

To be honest, I am scared of acting, and moreover, I want to be perfect on the musical stage first.

— Hyuna

What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.

— Katharine Hepburn

The caviar was very high quality. I made an acting decision on the spot that Ismay was a big eater.

— Jonathan Hyde

Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment.

— Tina Yothers

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.

— John Wayne

Love is about what you feel and I feel that about my dance and my acting.

— Ankita Lokhande

Landing a role now is not based on my looks - more on my acting ability.

— Jude Law

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

— Gene Wilder

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

— Ram Kapoor

I was on the verge of quitting… The Acting Center actually saved me as an actor.

— Cady McClain