Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

When I got out of acting school, I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses… — Anna Deavere Smith
Acting in a stage play is like working the evening shift in an office. — Arthur Smith
Acting is the most demanding, painful job in the world. — Arthur Smith
Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment. — Jada Pinkett Smith
Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story,… — Kevin Smith
Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your… — Sydney Smith
The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves… — Sydney Smith
You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're… — Ian Somerhalder
I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you… — Stephen Sondheim
Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in… — Kristen Stewart
Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want to see someone… — Kristen Stewart
Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors. — Constantin Stanislavski
The main factor in any form of creativeness is the life of a human spirit, that of the actor and his part, their joint feelings… — Constantin Stanislavski
I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of… — Kristen Stewart
The failure of The Cable Guy impacted my career. I had to start writing and acting again. — Ben Stiller
Comedy's my first love. I love that so much. You play comedy in drama, too. The difference between genres doesn't really change the method of… — Emma Stone
I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater. — Emma Stone
So anyway, I've learned a lot about myself just in terms of acting but just work ethic and interesting things like full-page monologues or talking… — Emma Stone
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. — John Stossel
Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting… — Lee Strasberg
Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. — Meryl Streep
I need to go where people are serious about acting. — Meryl Streep
I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me. — Meryl Streep
I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you. — Meryl Streep
I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my… — Meryl Streep

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