Good Acting Quotes

31 quotes by 31 authors

• I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting. — Lord Byron
• There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane. — Orson Scott Card
• I am far from sure when I am acting and when I am not or, should I more frankly put it, when I am lying… — Laurence Olivier
• But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being… — Robert Klein
• There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen. — Bette Davis
• I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's… — Annette Bening
• Good acting is consistency of performance. — Jim Dale
• The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover… — Brian De Palma
• Personally I like the slow burn; I don't think there is anything wrong with it. When I think about the movies that were most effective… — Oren Peli
• I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and it affects the characters in a way that people… — Tara Strong
• When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting. — John Boorman
• Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or… — George Henry Lewes
• All you've got to do is turn up and have a few facial tics and be a lunatic and throw someone around the room or… — Paddy Considine
• Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to… — Bryn Terfel
• Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted -… — Sam Rockwell
• Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting. — Ellen Terry
• In really good acting we should be able to believe that what we hear and see is of our own imagining; it should seem to… — Joseph Joubert
• Good acting comes from finding the essence of a character. — John Larroquette
• I suppose once in a while, a filmmaker makes a movie that's more than just a sum of its parts, more than good acting or… — Sam Mendes
• There are moments when you get out of your own head and you exist in the moment, and that can be good acting. — David Duchovny

Who Wrote These Good Acting Quotes

31 authors contributed a total of 31 Good Acting Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 1 Good Acting Quote by Charles Grodin
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Brian J. White
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Pierce Brosnan
• 1 Good Acting Quote by William Sadler
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Lord Byron
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Orson Scott Card
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Laurence Olivier
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Robert Klein
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Bette Davis
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Annette Bening
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Jim Dale
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Brian De Palma
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Oren Peli
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Tara Strong
• 1 Good Acting Quote by John Boorman
• 1 Good Acting Quote by George Henry Lewes
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Paddy Considine
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Bryn Terfel
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Sam Rockwell
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Ellen Terry
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Joseph Joubert
• 1 Good Acting Quote by John Larroquette
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Sam Mendes
• 1 Good Acting Quote by David Duchovny
• 1 Good Acting Quote by Larry Hagman