Acting Quote by Bill Burr

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

— Daniel Day-Lewis

[Having monologue] are talking to somebody even if it's just to yourself, convince yourself if that's what you're trying to do.

— Denzel Washington

When I'm onstage doing standup, no one yells "Cut!" or tells me what to do. I'm DeRay, and I use my own words. With…

— DeRay Davis

It's tricky with monologues, and I never like to use that word. Like I told the actors, you are talking to somebody; there is…

— Denzel Washington

A lot of times when you're acting, you're no longer talking and listening; you're going at it for your own self.

— Anonymous

“Acting is not as difficult as you may think. People are born natural actors and play many parts on the stage of life. Everyone…

— Bryan Michael Stoller

Before doing stand-up, I thought acting was easy - it's not easy. It's a hard life. It's easy in its own way, you just…

— Jim Jefferies

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

Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But…

— Kristen Stewart

As an actor, you're listening to the other person and always trying to be present and take everything they're giving you, but when they're…

— Tatiana Maslany

I think once I found stand-up, it was like, 'Oh... this is so much better than acting! I get to perform but I get…

— Taylor Tomlinson

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