Acting Quotes

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I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten… — Julia Cameron
My default position is not to be an actor. My default position is to be a follower of Jesus Christ. If that means I continue… — Kirk Cameron
The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect… — Nick Cannon
There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane. — Orson Scott Card
Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything… — Steve Carell
Acting is a really insular thing. — Robert Carlyle
Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society. — Robert Carlyle
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether. — Thomas Carlyle
The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do. — Helena Bonham Carter
As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits… — Helena Bonham Carter
A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting. — Carlos Castaneda
If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing. — Marc Chagall
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves. — Charlie Chaplin
All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents. — Joan Chen
I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To start telling people that you're beautiful, or just feel beautiful, just start acting like you are the most beautiful woman in the world. And… — Margaret Cho
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss. — Noam Chomsky
Even though I hate acting, I love doing videos for my songs. — Kelly Clarkson
When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public… — Kelly Clarkson
But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with. — John Cleese

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