Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that… — Armand Assante
Acting is a form of confusion. — Tallulah Bankhead
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. — Robert Half
I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us. — Nancy Reagan
When I first started acting, and we would all sit down and talk about Shakespeare and how great it was. I thought well, I suppose… — Judy Davis
I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is… — Peter Stormare
It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of… — Anton Seidl
I could release myself into acting in a way that I was not released socially. — Jason Isaacs
Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition. — Jason Isaacs
I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy… — LL Cool J
I felt like the news business was a little rough for me and a little sleazy. So I glided right over into acting. — Emily Procter
I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can. — Chloe Grace Moretz
I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to… — Elizabeth Debicki
I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world. — Mary Lynn Rajskub
Acting is my job. — Goran Visnjic
I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting. My high… — Jesse Plemons
I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high school plays. But… — Carrie Brownstein
That pesky acting career has always gotten in the way of me doing something with music. — Michael Chiklis
But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting. — Chris Evans
When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because… — Audrey Tautou
Acting is an art and a science and there is more to me then that young blonde kid. — Michael Welch
I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this… — Selma Blair
You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story. — Rachel McAdams
I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able… — Amanda Burton
I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting… — Adam Ant

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