Unfortunately, in our country, crying is mistaken for good acting. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
After 'Bulbul' released, I've been getting very good acting offers. — Divya Khosla Kumar Copy Share Image
I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I just don't have the looks and if I don't do a good acting job, I look terrible. — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
There are moments when you get out of your own head and you exist in the moment, and that can be good… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I'm no good at acting. I don't want to do that, and I don't need to do that in life. — Guenther Steiner Copy Share Image
'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know? — Jason Statham Copy Share Image
The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen. — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
The thing about good acting is asking, how much are you going to reveal and when should you let the viewers' imagination… — John de Lancie Copy Share Image
I believe that unless it's a scene where I'm alone, then of course I could do what I want but I think… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are… — Sam Rockwell Copy Share Image
What I'm saying not a lot of people say: What is considered good acting today isn't necessarily good acting, because everybody knows… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
Claire Danes in 'Homeland' just blew me away. She is so intuitive, and her choices are so unique. When you see somebody… — Jeremy Podeswa Copy Share Image
With music, you could stick someone with a musical instrument or even not a musical instrument, get them to showcase their talent,… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the actors I admire the most are also character actors - the Dustin Hoffmans and the Robert De Niros.… — William Sadler Copy Share Image
Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear.… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
What I try to do often when I'm acting and what I like when I'm seeing good acting is how authentic it… — Alex Karpovsky Copy Share Image
Personally I like the slow burn; I don't think there is anything wrong with it. When I think about the movies that… — Oren Peli Copy Share Image
I suppose once in a while, a filmmaker makes a movie that's more than just a sum of its parts, more than… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
I think the performances that really communicate with me are the ones where I don't feel like I'm watching someone and thinking:… — Aisling Loftus Copy Share Image
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting. — John Boorman Copy Share Image
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