Acting Quotes

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My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt… — Conrad Veidt
What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God. — Malcolm Muggeridge
Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in… — Alexander Pope
My best friend growing up really put the bug in my ear about acting. We created this one hour-and-a-half improv play when we were 10… — Katherine Moennig
I'm a regular Canadian girl. I enjoy staying home. In the summer I've got a garden. I'm very much a homebody, a normal, family-oriented girl.… — Elisha Cuthbert
It's sort of scary to work with your parents when you're in the same business. But there was something so very safe about that. Acting… — Lily Rabe
Movie actors are just ordinary, mixed-up people - with agents. — Jean Kerr
If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me. — Whoopi Goldberg
It's better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all. — Marilyn Monroe
Of the nude pictures: Sure I posed. I needed the money. — Marilyn Monroe
I think if my daughter was interested in acting, I would find ways for her to act in theater that has to do with her… — Helen Hunt
If you are to do justice to [the great roles], you must fly up to them - rather than dragging them down to you -… — Unknown Author
Being a winner is more than getting a first place trophy, it is acting like the effort was an honour and the trophy is just… — Unknown Author
You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or… — Socrates
Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. — Ingrid Bengis
If love is truly a verb, if help is a verb, if forgiveness is a verb, if kindness is a verb, then you can do… — Betty Eadie
Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man. — Hafez
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. — Unknown Author
Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. Its simply a choice to take action. — Anna Lappe
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial. — Sophocles

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