--- title: "7 Taught Acting Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Taught Acting quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Taught Acting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/sydney-pollack-2385_acting_and-i-taught-acting-for-years-and-withou_318571.jpg" --- > [And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/and-i-taught-acting-for-years-and-without-knowing-it-that-was-the/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/sydney-pollack-2385_acting_and-i-taught-acting-for-years-and-withou_318571.jpg) > [ \[ Angel series\] really taught me that acting is not just about being emotionally challenged. It's about being physically challenged. And I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-benz/angel-series-really-taught-me-that-acting-is-not-just-about-being/) [Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-benz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/julie-benz-7666_acting_angel-series-really-taught-me-that-actin_338024.jpg) > [I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career... I am very grateful for the education he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tippi-hedren/i-use-every-single-thing-that-alfred-hitchcock-taught-me-in-my-acting/) [Tippi Hedren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tippi-hedren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/tippi-hedren-11546_acting_i-use-every-single-thing-that-alfred-hit_1013436.jpg) > [No matter what happens to you in life, you just roll with it. And then, when we went back to shoot Eclipse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tinsel-korey/no-matter-what-happens-to-you-in-life-you-just-roll-with-it-and-then/) [Tinsel Korey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tinsel-korey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/tinsel-korey-14292_acting_no-matter-what-happens-to-you-in-life-yo_1666105.jpg) > [My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-lively/my-mom-and-dad-always-taught-acting-so-instead-of-getting-me/) [Blake Lively](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-lively/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/blake-lively-1720_acting_my-mom-and-dad-always-taught-acting-so-i_1765559.jpg) > [That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: 'Use your eyes!'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-coogan/that-is-one-of-the-first-things-my-family-my-mother-and-my/) [Keith Coogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-coogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/keith-coogan-47654_able_that-is-one-of-the-first-things-my-famil_2137405.jpg) > [To be honest, I never went to school for acting, and I never learned to break down a script. I took acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shailene-woodley/to-be-honest-i-never-went-to-school-for-acting-and-i-never-learned-to/) [Shailene Woodley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shailene-woodley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/shailene-woodley-4258_about_to-be-honest-i-never-went-to-school-for_2275851.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/taught-acting/#itemlist", "name": "Taught Acting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sydney Pollack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/and-i-taught-acting-for-years-and-without-knowing-it-that-was-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/sydney-pollack-2385_acting_and-i-taught-acting-for-years-and-withou_318571.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/sydney-pollack-2385_acting_and-i-taught-acting-for-years-and-withou_318571.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/sydney-pollack-2385_acting_and-i-taught-acting-for-years-and-withou_318571.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward…” — Sydney Pollack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[ Angel series] really taught me that acting is not just about being emotionally challenged. 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