Acting Quote by Benn Northover

I would be so curious to wire my brain up and see what's occurring when I act, because a performance is such a heightened…

— Luke Kirby

Whenever I've done jobs, whether it's an acting job or writing job, there's an aspect of it that feels like you help build your…

— Wyatt Cenac

Acting is my way of investigating human nature and having fun at the same time

— Meryl Streep

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

— Rhys Ifans

Acting is really instinctual and I think you can overanalyse what you're doing. A lot of it has to be based on instinct.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I…

— Abbie Cornish

Acting is ephemeral. It's not like making a painting that lasts forever. You're doing something, and the very action which comes and goes, is…

— Giovanni Ribisi

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

— Alan Rickman

In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

— Pauley Perrette

The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

— Melanie Lynskey

For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.

— William Holden

Actions are interesting to watch. I learn about the actors. Their movements are emblems of the tensions in this internal landscape, which their actions…

— Samuel R. Delany