--- title: "8 Tv Acting Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Tv Acting quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Tv Acting sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/laura-benanti-7592_acting_that-s-all-tv-acting-is-like-let-me-find_76330.jpg" --- > [That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. Sometimes they'll put sandbags there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/that-s-all-tv-acting-is-like-let-me-find-my-mark-and-seem-like-i-m/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/laura-benanti-7592_acting_that-s-all-tv-acting-is-like-let-me-find_76330.jpg) > [I went to elementary like any other kid, but I was just always a little different. I had that sparkle, and everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raven-goodwin/i-went-to-elementary-like-any-other-kid-but-i-was-just-always-a/) [Raven Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raven-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/raven-goodwin-35882_acting_i-went-to-elementary-like-any-other-kid_619196.jpg) > [There is a difference between movie actors and TV acting, especially with movie stars, which is they know their face is 20…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-hawley/there-is-a-difference-between-movie-actors-and-tv-acting-especially/) [Noah Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-hawley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/noah-hawley-3673_acting_there-is-a-difference-between-movie-acto_960202.jpg) > [TV acting is so extremely intimate, because of the peculiar involvement of the viewer with the completion or "closing" of the TV…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/tv-acting-is-so-extremely-intimate-because-of-the-peculiar/) [Marshall McLuhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-mcluhan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/marshall-mcluhan-641_achieve_tv-acting-is-so-extremely-intimate-becau_1438971.png) > [Viola Davis, she does have a lot of TV acting jobs, and she's also a very, very accomplished stage actress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-stanford/viola-davis-she-does-have-a-lot-of-tv-acting-jobs-and-she-s-also-a/) [Aaron Stanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-stanford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/aaron-stanford-18509_acting_viola-davis-she-does-have-a-lot-of-tv-ac_1541466.jpg) > [People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it's all the same. For instance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-blessed/people-talk-about-the-difference-between-radio-acting-tv-acting-and/) [Brian Blessed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-blessed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/brian-blessed-16167_about_people-talk-about-the-difference-between_1988717.jpg) > [TV acting is so extremely intimate, because of the peculiar involvement of the viewer with the completion orclosing of the TV image,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-mcluhan/tv-acting-is-so-extremely-intimate-because-of-the-peculiar-2/) [Marshall McLuhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-mcluhan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/marshall-mcluhan-641_acting_tv-acting-is-so-extremely-intimate-becau_2180819.png) > [No TV, no acting for me. I'm kind of a more behind-the-scenes kind of woman even though what I do is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/venus-williams/no-tv-no-acting-for-me-i-m-kind-of-a-more-behind-the-scenes-kind-of/) [Venus Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/venus-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/venus-williams-1365_acting_no-tv-no-acting-for-me-i-m-kind-of-a-mor_2753625.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tv-acting/#itemlist", "name": "Tv Acting Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. 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