Acting Quote by Elaine Dundy Download Open image “Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.” — Elaine Dundy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Contrary
Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting. — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
To me, acting is simple. People put other things in front of it, but it's staying in truth. — Malik Yoba Copy Share Image
Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you. — Thomas Kretschmann Copy Share Image
Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the telling. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
Something people say about acting is that acting is listening. But I think that writing is listening, too. That you really have to listen… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you're doing. — Ron Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
What’s the use of remembering anything? If it was unpleasant it was unpleasant and if it was pleasant it’s over. — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“I'm a real phony, one of those half-baked hot-house plants we're growing nowadays, instead of the honest-to-God two-fisted women we should be...” — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“He tried to kiss me. One of the few things that had impressed me in college was a Southern girl’s account o how she… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“You're not playing the game," he said grimly. "English gossip isn't supposed to get back to the person it's about.” — elaine dundy Copy Share Image
“I have never known anyone with less money and less visible means of getting hold of it. He had slept around everywhere, from the… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were they, and… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
The world is wide, wide, wide, and I am young, young, young, and we’re all going to live forever! — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“I imagined there must be hundreds and thousands and millions of people quiet in the dark out there, waiting with baited breath for me,… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“What did I feel? Appalled. Astonished. Bewildered. I thought I was doing so well. I thought I was charming the hell out of him.… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“[T]he question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but… — Elaine Dundy 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
