Acting Quote by Chris Messina Download Open image “I was so bad in school that acting gave me some kind of identity and gave me a home.” — Chris Messina ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Bad Home Identity School
I was a shy kid and acting did bring me out of my shell during high school. — Lucy DeVito Copy Share Image
What drew me into being an actor was that I never got cast in the school plays - and it used to kill me. — Naseeruddin Shah Copy Share Image
I've suffered from an identity crisis my entire life. It's why I went into acting. — Matthew Rhys Copy Share Image
I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity. — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I… — Mary Crosby Copy Share Image
I've scammed so many people throughout my whole life who never learned my true identity until I started acting. — Charlie Bewley Copy Share Image
I was in college, I thought I was going to be a lawyer, I met this girl named Laura who was the most beautiful… — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor as a kid. My teacher in second grade had called a talent agency and had them call my… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
I was bullied; I was kind of a girl in the corner. So acting was a great outlet for me by pretending to be… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's… — John Corbett Copy Share Image
When you do a movie, you shoot, and then you go away. A lot of the times you walk about from the movie, you… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
I mean, in the editing room, you sit there, and you're so happy about a lot of it. You've got these great actors, and… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
One of the interesting parts of being on a television show is you often don't know the fate of your character until you're reading… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
Doing something like 'Damages,' I played a character with post-traumatic stress. I was playing with sleep deprivation. I was not sleeping; I stayed up… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
Honestly, one of my favorite things about a director is when they understand what an actor brings to their role. — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
I was in a movie called 'Before & After' with Meryl Streep. I was edited out of the movie, but no one told me.… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
I did a lot of small black-box theater in New York when I was starting out. I'd get a group of actors together to… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
For the longest time, I was always like a guy that people would think they went to high school with. They'd be like, 'How… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
I don't have much interest in gingerbread houses - except in eating them. — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it… — Laura Regan Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image