Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

Natural rights are those which always appertain to man in right of his existence. Of this kind are all the intellectual rights, or rights of… — Thomas Paine
Faith is acting like God is telling the truth. — Tony Evans
What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. — Henry David Thoreau
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. — Benjamin Franklin
I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating. — Julie Benz
You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy.… — Don Johnson
There is no overacting, only untrue acting. — Stellan Skarsgard
Therefore: In dwelling, choose modest quarters, in thinking, value stillness, in dealing with others, be kind, in choosing words, be sincere, in leading, be just,… — Laozi
I always thought acting was all lights, camera, action. It's a job; you have to do your job correctly. — Corey Haim
Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing… — William Friedkin
Acting is more fun than writing. Writing is harder, more like having a term paper. — Owen Wilson
I do not know if it is true that all actors want to direct and all directors want to act, but in 1972 I tried… — James Earl Jones
You never know what's going to happen. That's why I like acting. It's precious to me to be able to live more than one life. — Bai Ling
First Rule of Acting: Whatever happens, look as if it were intended. — Arthur Bloch
The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of… — Dabney Coleman
It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to… — William Hurt
I've done quite a few adverts. I've also done some presenting and acting work in Spain. I did a lot of Spanish education videos for… — Christopher Parker
My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up… — Philip Seymour Hoffman
I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it. — Patrick Macnee
The argument that 'boys will be boys' actually carries the profoundly anti-male implication that we should expect bad behavior from boys and men. The assumption… — Jackson Katz
Lee Strasberg told me I had talent. Real talent. It was the first time that anyone, except my father--who had to say so--told me I… — Jane Fonda
Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting… — Mary Astell
Let's develop theories patiently and honestly thinking them out, in order to promptly act against them - acting and justifying our actions with new theories… — Fernando Pessoa
Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing… — Marilyn Monroe
I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife. — Marilyn Monroe

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