Acting Quotes

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For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful and… — Philip Seymour Hoffman
Act before you think - your instincts are more honest than your thoughts. — Sanford Meisner
I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at… — Joe Strummer
You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck. — Whoopi Goldberg
As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, "This… — Tom Cruise
The truth is, anybody that becomes famous is an ass for a year and a half. You've got to give them a year and a… — Bill Murray
There aren't many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that's a 24 hour job… — Bill Murray
I'm over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll… — Bill Murray
You know the theory of cell irritability?. If you take an amoeba cell and poke it a thousand times, it will change and then re-form… — Bill Murray
There's definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It's a nice gift, but there's a lot of wrapping and… — Bill Murray
Why would you get up there and bore people? I never have figured that out. These people are supposedly in the entertainment industry, and they… — Bill Murray
When you did the job, you thought you were just trying to amuse your friends who are all on the job. I'm just trying to… — Bill Murray
My first movie, I got nominated for a Canadian Oscar-for Meatballs. For MEATBALLS. And who am I up against? George C. Scott. So he wins… — Bill Murray
We need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience,… — T. Harv Eker
Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have. — Brian Tracy
For perpetrators, when they apologize and experience remorse, it gives them a chance to reclaim their own humanity. Some rise to the moral challenge. Others… — Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Courage comes from acting courageously on a day-to-day basis. — Brian Tracy
You must have a twinkle in your eye, a naughtiness - and the audience must realize your mind is working faster than your words. — Jeremy Brett
The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality. — Robert Breault
I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any… — Sasha Alexander
They say an actor is only as good as his parts. Well, my parts have done me pretty well, darling. — Barbara Windsor
What, indeed, is an atheist? He is one who destroys delusions which are harmful to humanity in order to lead men back to nature, to… — Baron d'Holbach
Spiritually, no action is more important than surrender. Surrender is the tenderest impulse of the heart, acting out of love to give whatever the beloved… — Deepak Chopra
Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am… — Adolf Hitler
I started doing yoga in my 20s. I did teacher training, that was what I was going to do if acting didn't work out. I… — Kristin Davis

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