Acting Quotes

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With the acting, it's somebody else's brainchild, and I'm just sort of helping flesh it out. There's a special satisfaction to being the brains behind… — Jack Black
You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me… — Wentworth Miller
The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that the less socially… — Wystan Hugh Auden
They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness. — William Hazlitt
The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a… — Oscar Wilde
Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing… — Samuel Johnson
Oh! it offends me to the soul to hear a robust periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears… — William Shakespeare
She represents the un-vowed aspiration of the male human being, his potential infidelity - and infidelity of a very special kind, which would lead him… — Marguerite Duras
Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the… — Aldous Huxley
Stage charm guarantees in advance an actor's hold on the audience, it helps him to carry over to large numbers of people his creative purposes.… — Constantin Stanislavski
A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is exactly the same… — Constantin Stanislavski
Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom is a delusion."… — Swami Vivekananda
I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful. — Kim Novak
[E]very act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary… — Alexander Hamilton
Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core. — Anthony Rapp
The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer. — Julie London
I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on… — Dannii Minogue
Love is not a word that describes my feelings; it is not a technique by which I fulfill my needs; it is not an ideal,… — Eugene H. Peterson
Most people think of love as some sort of power outside of themselves that will "take them away from all of this." Sadly, this is… — John Templeton
The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings comport themselves in crises, but how actors think they ought to.… — H. L. Mencken
I kind of have a rededication in my life now to acting because I'm very fond of being in this movie. — Thomas Haden Church
Providence The will of God acting together with human will. But he respects our will absolutely. He does not force. Love never forces. It only… — Michael O'Brien
My view is that consciousness, the seat of "personalness," is the ultimate reality, and is also scientifically impenetrable. In other words, there is no scientific… — Ray Kurzweil
Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to… — Bryn Terfel
When I fought Montell Griffin, he quit on me, on the floor, I hit him with a soft punch and he laid down like I… — Roy Jones Jr.

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