Air Quote by Ashleigh Banfield

Almost everything I do, especially later on, is really very scripted. And I do it over and over again until it's perfect.

— Jeremy Enigk

Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

For me, the audition is always the hardest part of the whole process. Once you get on set, once you're in costume, you're with…

— Angourie Rice

The funny thing is that making a pilot is sort of an audition, at least for me. There's something psychological there, where you're sort…

— Justin Kirk

A wonderful but kind of a terrible truth about acting is that you actually get to a point where you become content with an…

— Val Kilmer

Acting is not very easy; the more you have worked, the more it gets difficult.

— Amrita Rao

I feel like you have to pull from some personal experiences [to acting]. At least that's how I work sometimes. It's just easier that…

— Michael B. Jordan

Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second,…

— Misha Collins

I often think you need a lot of courage to be in the acting business. The job itself can be incredibly challenging for various…

— Sarah Alexander

One of the hardest things to do in acting is to stop thinking about yourself and stop being self-conscious.

— Hannah Murray

Sometimes it gets a little uncomfortable to not do everything. That was my modus operandi for many years, but I just feel like I…

— Josh Pais

I am not much of a trained actor. I have to get my brain and heart to go deep inside the situation, and then,…

— Taapsee Pannu