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Acting Quotes by Michael Shannon
- I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.
- That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.
- I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without…
- One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something…
- Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard…
- I know this'll sound obnoxious, but acting was very much an accident for me. I didn't have, like, posters of Marlon Brando in my bedroom…
- One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was interesting…
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- What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm… — Jensen Ackles
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- A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
- I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game. — Kevin Bacon