Acting Quotes

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Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat at… — Albert Brooks
I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person… — Malin Akerman
Having the right people around you all the time is important. I do take the acting seriously. But this is all fun. I look at… — Chris Brown
The acting thing is so beyond my control. Acting isn't mine. You're like a tiny piece in this big, corporate mechanism that needs chemistry and… — Sandra Bullock
You know, everyone says, 'Modeling and acting are so similar'... they say, 'It's so natural for models to become actresses because they use the camera.'… — Gisele Bundchen
It shouldn't come as any surprise that those who choose acting as a profession are phonies who live in a fantasy world. What is surprising… — Julie Burchill
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. — Edmund Burke
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. — Edmund Burke
I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting. — Edward Burns
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made. — George Burns
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. — William S. Burroughs
In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point… — William S. Burroughs
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely… — Alan Alda
I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing. — Steve Buscemi
It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting. — Steve Buscemi
What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I… — Alan Alda
I'm not an anarchist any more. I still love the Sex Pistols, but I don't want to be a punk rocker all the time, but… — Nicolas Cage
Acting is always at the core of my life, but I'm also excited about producing. I'm excited about directing, and I have a life in… — Nicolas Cage
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. — Michael Caine
I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not… — Michael Caine

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