Acting Quote by Catherine Hicks

It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise.

— Ethan Coen

As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't exactly present…

— Tom Irwin

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

— Emily Mortimer

There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And…

— James Cagney

Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to…

— Ian Mckellen

As an actor, demonstrating your feelings in front of people is not what you're supposed to be doing. You're supposed to hold your emotions…

— James Hong

People become actors because they want to hide, and it's not easy to talk about myself. I accept that a certain responsibility goes with…

— Jimmy Smits

People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because…

— Sharon Stone

People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because…

— Sharon Stone

I always say about acting: the audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. So if you're able to give them…

— Julianne Moore

I've never been very comfortable as an actor looking out into the audience; I always like to keep my focus on the other person.…

— Sarah Paulson

That's what acting is - it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.

— Kerry Washington