Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

Modeling teaches you to be completely conscious of the camera. Acting is being totally unconscious of it. — Phoebe Cates
Acting, films, scripts, is literally the only thing I’m 100 percent confident in. I know what I’m doing. I just understand it, and I love… — Jennifer Lawrence
I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A. — Michael Shannon
That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself. — Michael Shannon
I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without… — Michael Shannon
One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something… — Michael Shannon
I want to be known for my acting, not for my breasts. — Emilia Clarke
Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring. — Julianne Hough
I've honestly been really lucky. My only jobs have been babysitting and acting. — Anne Hathaway
Acting, to me, is being given the freedom and ability to play, and that's - that's what I love most about it. I feel very… — David Wenham
As we mature and grow older we collect a lot of baggage, and a lot of that stuff you collect on life's journey gets in… — David Wenham
Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's… — David Wenham
That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else. — Saoirse Ronan
Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be… — Nicole Kidman
I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me. — Cam Gigandet
I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job,… — Sigourney Weaver
A lot of girls ask for advice on how to get into acting, and I'm kind of the worst person to ask, because it just… — Alexis Bledel
You deal with failure - strike, strike, strike - all the time. Acting is like that. You have to have a very thick skin in… — Benicio Del Toro
I have learned that acting is not about beauty. — Vincent Cassel
I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It… — Vincent Cassel
I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else. — Winona Ryder
Everyone in my family used to work with some kind of tool in their hands every day. That's what we do. That's what I did… — Matt LeBlanc
Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote. — James Garner
At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We've made this deal… — Pete Postlethwaite
I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and… — Maisie Williams

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