Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

Ah, but being in love made you mean and crazy. Love made you act like a fool even when you knew you were acting like… — Sandra Brown
There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to… — Richard P. Feynman
We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence. — Fernando Pessoa
Max, you're acting like a child, the Voice said. You're above rebelling against your fate just to rebel. You've got a date with destiny. Don't… — James Patterson
You must make, always. You must act, if you believe something. Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you're going to paint. The most… — John Fowles
I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though I have something to… — Kay Redfield Jamison
If a person is confident enough in the way they feel, whether it's an art form or whether it's just in life, it comes off---you… — Clint Eastwood
What are you going to do? What do you want to do?” she prompted. “I’m going to go try to help Niall. He’s not acting… — Melissa Marr
I ignore my fear,” he says. “When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” I stare at him for a second. I can’t help… — Veronica Roth
...my least favorite actress of all time, Helena Bonham Carter. I find her lack of a neck very off-putting and especially her acting. — Edward Gorey
I’d like to. Problem is, I’m not stupid.” “You act stupid.” “Right. Thanks for that. For your information, there’s a difference between acting stupid and… — Becca Fitzpatrick
He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while. — Christopher Paolini
A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ. — Ann Voskamp
Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren't? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act? — Susanna Kaysen
I'm screaming for help and everybody's acting as if I'm singing Ethel Merman covers... — David Foster Wallace
Any system which says, This is a rotten world, wait for the next, give up, do nothing, succumb--that may be the basic Lie and if… — Philip K. Dick
Yes, she doesn't really look like either of us, does she? Perhaps she's a girl who's fallen madly in love with me and persists in… — Cassandra Clare
The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer… — Thomas Merton
I am unlovable...I have tried to involve myself in other people, in relationships, and even - in my sillier moments - in love. But it… — Jeff Lindsay
The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play. — John Lithgow
It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest." --Four in Divergent — Veronica Roth
Mike drank straight from the carton, wiped his mouth, and stared at her. "You've been acting freaky. Are you high? Can I have some if… — Sara Shepard
All the world's a stage. — William Shakespeare
The agnostic, the skeptic, is neurotic, but this does not imply a false philosophy; it implies the discovery of facts to which he does not… — Alan Watts
He knows that there's no better way in the world to aggravate somebody who's trying to make it hard for you than by acting like… — Ken Kesey

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