Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That's true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is acting… — Sanford Meisner
I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft. — Al Pacino
It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do. — Al Pacino
The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk… — Al Pacino
I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back… — Elia Kazan
I wanted to find my limitations so I decided to do Shylock. And if I fail? I've never been afraid of that. I have other… — Dustin Hoffman
Forget the career, do the work. If you feel what you are doing is on line and you're going someplace and you have a vision… — Al Pacino
The actor's physical type isn't and shouldn't be the main consideration. Does the actor look the part? It is the simplest question to deal with.… — Harold Clurman
There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it… — Al Pacino
Either I act or I die. — Al Pacino
And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see… — Viola Davis
When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true - because you keep working toward it without getting mixed… — Marilyn Monroe
In Hollywood a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo. You're judged by how you look, not by what you are. Hollywood's a… — Marilyn Monroe
Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You… — Marilyn Monroe
This industry should behave like a mother whose child has just run out in front of a car. But instead of clasping the child to… — Marilyn Monroe
I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin my… — Marilyn Monroe
My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack… — Marilyn Monroe
As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste. — Marilyn Monroe
Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose money had bought… — Marilyn Monroe
I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But… — Marilyn Monroe
Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses. — Michael Caine
No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and you earn the… — Michael Caine
To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself. — Michael Caine
First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I… — Michael Caine
In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were. — Michael Caine

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