Acting Quotes

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Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. — Noel Coward
I would like to be going all over the kingdom...and acting everywhere. There's nothing in the world equal to seeing the house rise at you,… — Charles Dickens
You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You… — Ben Kingsley
One mustn't allow acting to be like stoc kbroker - you must not take it just as a means of earning a living, to go… — John Gielgud
Acting is experience with something sweet behind it. — Humphrey Bogart
Acting, in general, is something most people think they're incapable of, but they do it from morning to night. The subtlest acting I've ever seen… — Marlon Brando
When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that… — Steve Buscemi
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark… — Noel Coward
Never get caught acting. — Lillian Gish
What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin. — Katharine Hepburn
Acting's entertainment. It's not brain surgery. — Anthony Hopkins
Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or… — George Henry Lewes
The "magic if" is a tool invented by Stanislavski, the father of acting craft, is to help an actor make appropriate choices. Essentially, the "magic… — Bruce Miller
All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior, those are all… — Mike Nichols
Acting is an everlasting search for truth. — Laurence Olivier
Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a… — Alan Rickman
I learned acting by doing it. And although I had never taken an acting class, it didn't take long to learn how to be on… — Unknown Author
Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to sing.… — Unknown Author
It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play to a bad… — Noel Coward
It is man's intrinsic and irreducible self-responsibility to humanize himself, to exercise his entire range of rational and moral resources to raise his mode of… — Kenny Smith

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