Acting Quotes

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I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress. — Barbra Streisand
I don't have a great talent for explaining myself in acting because I can't explain it. — Elaine Stritch
It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel yourself into a new way of acting. — Harry Stack Sullivan
There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails. — Jonathan Swift
I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music… — Taylor Swift
When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions… — Taylor Swift
Absolutely, 'Rabbit Hole' gave me a nice first introduction into film acting. — Miles Teller
Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months. — Kristin Scott Thomas
I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated… — Kristin Scott Thomas
Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the… — Andrea Thompson
A lot of people in my world - in the acting world - have either lost friends to Aids or live with HIV because its… — Emma Thompson
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I… — Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. — Henry David Thoreau
For fast-acting relief try slowing down. — Lily Tomlin
Acting is a mix of luck and choice. I got lucky. — John Travolta
An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like… — Francois Truffaut
I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business. — Ted Turner
To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life and… — Carrie Underwood
I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money… — Gabrielle Union
I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College and I have… — Jenna Ushkowitz
Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed. — Steve Vai
I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside… — Paz Vega
I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up. — Johnny Vegas
All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect… — Jesse Ventura
I'm a natural blonde. But when I started acting, I would go to auditions and they didn't know where to put me because I was… — Sofia Vergara

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