Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the… — Ellen Barkin
I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level… — Ellen Barkin
I believe you can't be an actor if you haven't had the feeling of being abandoned as a child. — Isabelle Adjani
Joan of Arc should be played as a "pain in the ass" and how do I know she was a "pain in the ass"? ...… — Harold Clurman
There is nothing that one can say about acting, writing, producing or directing that cannot be revoked in the next breath. Nothing is immutable. The… — Moss Hart
I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible. — Albert Brooks
Acting has always been something for me that's been a romp. I just show up and I have a good time, and I hope that… — George Hamilton
So I don't think I'm gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots. — Todd Rundgren
I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany that they weren't paying me for my acting, for God's… — Lucy Lawless
You can't do four movies and be good to everybody and be flying all night and shooting all day with a different wig and then… — Sarah Jessica Parker
Ah just act the way ah feel. — Elvis Presley
I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting. — Miranda Richardson
An actress must never lose her ego -- without it she has no talent. — Norma Shearer
You know how in high school you do these plays and people come up after the show and they're really excited for you? Well, that's… — Mira Sorvino
There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment. — Mira Sorvino
I can't tell you how many shows I've done with full-blown migraine headaches. — Jonathan Taylor Thomas
I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do… — Forest Whitaker
The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me to be an… — Billy Zane
Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character. — John Larroquette
I'd like to be doing quality acting in a quality role and making as many people as possible happy. — John Larroquette
I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said… — Laurence Fishburne
I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book. — John Sayles
The hardest thing about movie acting is that if you're playing a character who changes within the movie, you've got to do that, but you've… — John Sayles
Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to… — D W Griffith
I was convinced that acting was for fools. I was on the stage when I was eight with my father, he was playing one of… — Rutger Hauer

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