Acting Quotes

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Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for… — Jonny Lee Miller
BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that… — Rob Brezsny
There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors. — Estelle Parsons
I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew… — Mary Crosby
I'm acting when I serve as a hostess, when I run my wig business. I was born to act, and life itself is the greatest… — Eva Gabor
I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It's what I'm passionate about. I've actually created a lifestyle where… — Brian J. White
The key to acting with integrity is to simply stop playing the game. — Stephen Covey
I don't think of myself as a star. An actress is nothing remarkable. — Gong Li
Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time. — Elvis Presley
Being pigeonholed is the death of all actors. — Jack Nicholson
It's hard to act in the morning. The muse isn't even awake. — Keanu Reeves
A lot of acting is private time. — Al Pacino
Acting for me was the gospel, the love of the spoken word. — Jeanne Moreau
Acting has been my lover and best friend. My confidant and my tormentor. It has given me support and broken my heart and mended it. — Sally Field
(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying. — Leonardo DiCaprio
I'm too passionate about my work...Acting takes not only concentration, it takes creativity; it takes... your soul. — Farrah Fawcett
Half of the acting I do is actually done by the hair. — Steven Van Zandt
General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself." — John Wayne
You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or… — Michael Caine
I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it. — Colin Farrell
Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage. — Gregory Peck
I really enjoy acting. At home I can't even finish a sentence, and here I am reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be… — Meg Tilly
And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts. — James Broughton
If you believe that man is inherently flawed-what religious people call 'original sin'-it follows that man, if left to his own devices, will tend towards… — Rod Dreher
Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met...I can say… — Pope Francis

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