Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

The actor is not quite a human being-but then, who is? — George Saunders
Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting. — George Saunders
Even though Rush is not me and the situations were very different, I think, in the Rush Limbaugh thing, ESPN was criticized for not acting,… — Gregg Easterbrook
Once I got started acting I loved it. — Jack Nicholson
Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character. — Jack Dee
When I started studying acting in New York, I didn't plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt… — Dolph Lundgren
Acting kind of chose me. — Isabel Lucas
I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There's no need to have an attachment to the… — Isabel Lucas
I injured myself quite badly when I was seventeen. I broke my ankle, and it didn't heal in such a way that I could keep… — Kristin Lehman
I got into acting to get my foot in the door for film-making. — Logan Lerman
I really just like acting. I'm not always aware of what is hip and what is popular and what is zeitgeist. — Kevin McKidd
I never rule anything out. I'm an entertainer. Be it presenting, singing, acting, I just do things I love. — Martine McCutcheon
I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end… — Martine McCutcheon
So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I… — Patrick Macnee
The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the… — Paul Mazursky
I'm not really one of those people who goes and writes some big back story and agonizes over characters. I think you kind of can… — Rose McGowan
I like to stretch my acting muscles. — Samantha Morton
I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive… — Sienna Miller
Acting can be very selfish and all-consuming. — Alessandro Nivola
I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for… — Alessandro Nivola
I never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to… — Dean Norris
The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a… — Dean Norris
In LA, too many people want to go the quickest route from A to B. Method acting offers them that. — Corin Nemec
There were time when I was into method acting that I did have moments of residual character emotions, because the method bases your emotional responses… — Corin Nemec
My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner. — Judd Nelson

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