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title: "7 Consider Acting Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Consider Acting quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Consider Acting sayings and thoughts."
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> [I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moriarty/i-had-a-jesuit-education-and-i-consider-acting-and-the-theater-as/)

[Michael Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moriarty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/michael-moriarty-15435_acting_i-had-a-jesuit-education-and-i-consider_442958.jpg)

> [Film is something that came later into my life. I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moriarty/film-is-something-that-came-later-into-my-life-i-had-a-jesuit/)

[Michael Moriarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moriarty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/michael-moriarty-15435_acting_film-is-something-that-came-later-into-m_1222304.jpg)

> [I really consider acting a high art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-teller/i-really-consider-acting-a-high-art/)

[Miles Teller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miles-teller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abf/miles-teller-7696_acting_i-really-consider-acting-a-high-art-1313_1313239.png)

> [I was going to be a High School teacher. I was studying at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, up in Canada.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-fillion/i-was-going-to-be-a-high-school-teacher-i-was-studying-at-the/)

[Nathan Fillion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-fillion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/253/nathan-fillion-3284_acting_i-was-going-to-be-a-high-school-teacher_1360059.jpg)

> [Once the director calls for action, we act; we stop when he says 'Cut.' It is sort of like meditation - unknowingly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohanlal/once-the-director-calls-for-action-we-act-we-stop-when-he-says-cut-it/)

[Mohanlal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohanlal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f2/mohanlal-5702_acting_once-the-director-calls-for-action-we-ac_2405795.jpg)

> [I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evangeline-lilly/i-consider-acting-a-day-job-it-s-not-my-dream-it-s-not-my-be-all-end/)

[Evangeline Lilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evangeline-lilly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/evangeline-lilly-1168_acting_i-consider-acting-a-day-job-it-s-not-my_3097094.png)

> [In wrestling, I don't consider it acting because it's improv.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-van-ness/in-wrestling-i-don-t-consider-it-acting-because-it-s-improv/)

[Laurel Van Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-van-ness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/laurel-van-ness-13026_acting_in-wrestling-i-don-t-consider-it-acting_3189785.jpg)

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