Acting Quotes

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Acting, in general, is something most people think they're incapable of, but they do it from morning to night. The subtlest acting I've ever seen… — Marlon Brando
When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that… — Steve Buscemi
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark… — Noel Coward
Never get caught acting. — Lillian Gish
What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin. — Katharine Hepburn
Acting's entertainment. It's not brain surgery. — Anthony Hopkins
Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or… — George Henry Lewes
The "magic if" is a tool invented by Stanislavski, the father of acting craft, is to help an actor make appropriate choices. Essentially, the "magic… — Bruce Miller
All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior, those are all… — Mike Nichols
Acting is an everlasting search for truth. — Laurence Olivier
Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a… — Alan Rickman
I learned acting by doing it. And although I had never taken an acting class, it didn't take long to learn how to be on… — Unknown Author
Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to sing.… — Unknown Author
It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play to a bad… — Noel Coward
It is man's intrinsic and irreducible self-responsibility to humanize himself, to exercise his entire range of rational and moral resources to raise his mode of… — Kenny Smith
I still believe Americas destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity. — John F. Kerry
If you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. You can't have all that you want if you remain the… — Robin Sharma
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course? Can you step back from you own mind and thus understand… — Laozi
I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a single reporter or… — Ed McCabe
My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works. — Devon Werkheiser
I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work. — Jane Badler
Louis B. Mayer once looked at me and said, 'You will never get the girl at the end'. So I worked on my acting. — Van Heflin
If you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principle or natural law that governs the results… — Stephen Covey
It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress... it is always from a minority… — Friedrich August von Hayek
It is a shallow criticism that would define poetry as confined to literary productions in rhyme and meter rhythm. The written poem is only poetry… — John Ruskin

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