Movie Acting Quotes

14 Movie Acting quotes by 13 unique authors

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. — Alec Baldwin
Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend. — Jeff Bridges
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if… — Michael Caine
Movie acting is a great job for your twenties: You travel all over, you have affairs with people, and you throw yourself into one part… — Helen Hunt
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
Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it.… — Barbara Stanwyck
Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work. — William Holden
Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser — Michael Caine
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
Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world. — Richard Gere
So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love.… — Ralph Fiennes
I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's… — Viggo Mortensen
Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time. — Bill Murray
Stand-up comedy is a lot about amplifying emotions and situations; movie acting has a lot to do with mellowing things down and making them subtle.… — Vir Das

Who Wrote These Movie Acting Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 14 Movie Acting Quotes as follows: