Acting Quote by Alia Shawkat

For me, acting comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don't act at all. I think that to feel the character's pain…

— Salman Khan

I enjoy sometimes focusing on a character in a scene that's not actually doing the main action or the talking.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

For me, the acting part - and I have to say it makes me a little worried about my own psychological make-up - is…

— Kathy Baker

I'm not a super emotional person, so that's one reason I love acting - it makes me deal with myself in that kind of…

— Aubrey Plaza

If you're really being honest with yourself when you're acting, part of it is touching the real you. You can only separate yourself so…

— John C. Reilly

When you have great acting partners, you hope that your reaction to them is propels you deeper into your own character.

— Giancarlo Esposito

I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than…

— Tammy Blanchard

The nature of acting is that one is many characters and jumps from one skin to another as a way of life. Sometimes it's…

— Anjelica Huston

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

— Michael Clarke Duncan

I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a…

— Malin Akerman

That's what acting is about - for me, at least - tackling different personas and characters.

— Joanne Whalley

It's fun to get away from myself for a while when I take on these roles that have very different personalities from my own.…

— Kelsey Chow