Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you.' — Katie Leclerc
Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I… — Chaz Bono
Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be… — Vanessa Marcil
I don't think I'm great at acting. I think I'm great at directing. — Melissa Joan Hart
I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes. — Natasha Henstridge
I guess Species was a movie made for me and hence I bagged the role. In fact even when acting, I never thought the outcome… — Natasha Henstridge
My family are very supportive and always have been. They weren't the kind of parents that pushed me into it. I know a lot of… — Emily Browning
I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me… — Kiefer Sutherland
If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are… — John Lithgow
And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice — Edward James Olmos
I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop — Shane West
I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle… — Christopher Meloni
I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into… — Christopher Meloni
In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing. — Pauley Perrette
I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get. — Ryan Kwanten
How can you measure acting in inches?!? — James Dean
It was an accident, although I've been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child - in school, music,… — James Dean
Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film. — Ted Shackelford
I remember the actor Dale Robertson said he quit acting when he got tired of having to hold his stomach in. I feel that way… — Ted Shackelford
Mads Mikkelsen’s acting is very subtle, precise, nuanced, so he brings something completely different to the character. If you compare Mads’ Hannibal to Anthony Hopkins’… — Caroline Dhavernas
I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved. — Aidan Quinn
Acting's fun, but life's more important — Margot Kidder
My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called 'Love for Sale,' and that was my first… — Terrence J
Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world. — Taryn Manning
There's really nothing else I'm going to do with my life. I'd be useless if I weren't singing or acting — Taryn Manning

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