Acting Quotes

4873 Acting quotes by 2890 unique authors

I entered this career having no background or connection to acting. — Demi Moore
I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. — Jim Henson
Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take. — Kathy Ireland
I always felt like I needed to act. Not that I wanted to act, but I needed to. And I still feel that same way.… — Dylan McDermott
What's the difference between tough love and acting like a jerk? — Ricki Lake
Caregiving requires the intention of love, caretaking requires the intention of fear. Not acting in anger when you are angry requires the intention of love. — Gary Zukav
My first interest was always music, and somehow that channelled itself into films and acting. I don't know what the natural transition of it was.… — Andy Garcia
Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to… — Dermot Mulroney
Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. — Jennifer Jason Leigh
I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. — Jennifer Jason Leigh
I do love acting. But to work as a photojournalist would have been extraordinary. — Jessica Lange
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release… — Kevin Bacon
I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're… — Juliette Binoche
You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom. — Gary Sinise
I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here… — Tim Roth
I think I was about 18 before I decided I wanted to pursue acting. I went to drama school in Western Australia when I was… — Dustin Clare
At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting:… — Danica McKellar
I took a break from acting for four years to get a degree in mathematics at UCLA, and during that time I had the rare… — Danica McKellar
I enjoy acting, and it's given me a ton of happiness and it's affected my life and my family's lives in ways that we just… — Jay Baruchel
Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director. — Jay Baruchel
Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I started taking dance… — Chandra Wilson
I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I went to college… — Patrick Duffy
Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be… — Evangeline Lilly
I won't say I've closed the door on acting. — Glen Hansard
I've never been in the music industry, only acting. — Victoria Jackson

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