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title: "6 Point Acting Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [The point of acting is to hide yourself and get lost in character. To play the same character in eighteen movies would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/columbus-short/the-point-of-acting-is-to-hide-yourself-and-get-lost-in-character-to/)

[Columbus Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/columbus-short/)

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> [The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cavill/the-point-of-acting-is-to-pretend-you-re-someone-else-and-sell-a-story/)

[Henry Cavill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cavill/)

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> [I'm sure at one point I will do some acting again, but it would have to be the right thing. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-kravitz/i-m-sure-at-one-point-i-will-do-some-acting-again-but-it-would-have/)

[Lenny Kravitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-kravitz/)

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> [It's not like you reach a point with your acting where you're like, 'I'm great! That's it!' You're constantly having to go,'That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-hemsworth/it-s-not-like-you-reach-a-point-with-your-acting-where-you-re-like-i/)

[Luke Hemsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-hemsworth/)

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> [We had an ancient Russian acting coach at my drama school who said the worst offense you could commit was to let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/we-had-an-ancient-russian-acting-coach-at-my-drama-school-who-said/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

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> [With 'Letters from Iwo Jima,' then 'Memories of Tomorrow,' I reached a sort of turning point in my acting. I had poured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-watanabe/with-letters-from-iwo-jima-then-memories-of-tomorrow-i-reached-a-sort/)

[Ken Watanabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-watanabe/)

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