Acting Quote by Alan Alda

Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak.

— Sylvester Stallone

One of my main techniques for acting is I try to know almost nothing beyond the words that I have to say, because that's…

— Kristin Bauer van Straten

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important…

— Christopher Walken

If I'm doing different accents, I feel like I'm acting. If I'm doing my own accent, I feel like I'm saying someone else's dialogue…

— Lolly Adefope

I'm a much better listener when I'm acting than I am as a person in real life because you learn as an actor that…

— Rainn Wilson

I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct sounds I…

— George Bernard Shaw

In college, I went to school for acting; we had to learn phonetics just to be able to do dialects and all that stuff.…

— Eliza Coupe

Early on - certainly in acting - you really have to take whatever you can get. So I understand well how difficult it can…

— Oscar Isaac

It's fun being able to suit up and go and kick butt and not have to worry about memorizing dialogue. It's a whole different…

— Kelly Hu

Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite…

— Alan Rickman

There is a part of your brain that has to stop when you're acting. You have to be in the moment and dare to…

— Penelope Cruz

I kind of connected the dots, like, 'Oh, we're just saying stuff. We're just saying things that make sense, so let's just say them…

— Megan Mullally