Acting Quotes

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Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time. — Meryl Streep
I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so I can't say one has helped the other,… — Bebe Neuwirth
I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far. — John Ratzenberger
I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got… — Kelsey Grammer
I think acting is definitely the most fulfilling, because it's the most challenging in my mind. — Estella Warren
Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's… — Frankie Muniz
Acting is not very good for relationships - but very good for when they are over. — Hugh Dancy
And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years. — Nicholas Lea
I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theatre, there's the acting part of acting - and I'm not saying that can't be great… — Ralph Fiennes
Acting is one of these things that I can't really describe - it's just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know,… — Saoirse Ronan
And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something… — Liza Minnelli
The thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less alone. It's my… — Naomi Watts
I've always been this strong-willed person and I've always been in love with acting. — Kristy Swanson
I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate your own emotions. — Scarlett Johansson
After much consideration, I am moving onward with a combination of disappointment at leaving behind a character I have loved playing for seven years and… — Lisa Edelstein
I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in… — Sigourney Weaver
The joy of acting for me is to be able to experience emotions in a safe environment. You can't scream and cry in the street… — Jesse Eisenberg
I do have the ability to explore life and to be over the moon at the smallest thing - a few pints and a craic… — Colin Farrell
I hate acting when I see it. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to see it, I want to be taken away… — Rutger Hauer
Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really… — Michael Pitt

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