Acting Quote by Forest Whitaker Download Open image “College football, acting, opera singing - I approached them all in the same obsessive way.” — Forest Whitaker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting College football Football Opera Singing Way
My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers. — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
When I was younger, all I wanted to do was be a singer, and then I got into a great acting class in New… — Chaley Rose Copy Share Image
I did choir, soccer, some theater. The only weird thing about my life was that I was playing honky-tonks on the weekends. — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
When I first started acting in college, at Cal, the thing that I loved about acting was not being onstage but going into rehearsals.… — John Cho Copy Share Image
Singing was always the thing - I played some leads in musicals. Then when I went to college, I joined a singing group. — Ken Howard Copy Share Image
I went to a Saturday school where you would do an hour of dancing, an hour of acting, and an hour of singing. I… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
In the past my career emphasized variety, singing, dancing and only some acting. — Joey Heatherton Copy Share Image
I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I… — Callie Thorne Copy Share Image
My parents were opera singers. I didn't want to play opera because I wasn't good enough. I didn't want to play their music; I… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
To try and act like we haven't had great progress is not true. Obama didn't fail - he changed the psyche of the nation… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a speech teacher… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I'm really excited that people are receiving my performance like this. It makes me feel good, because I've been working really hard. And this… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
If I go to a reunion in east Texas, my mother's side or my father's, one out of ten is a preacher or a… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
As an artist, it's a great opportunity to play a character like this [Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland]. And… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
It's all about destiny. That's why people look at the zodiac or the I Ching - because there's a certain order to life, and… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
My wife is completely different from me: she's good with everyone, whereas I'm good at directed conversation when I have a purpose for it,… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone. — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do. You know?… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
The first time I ever went out of the country, it was to London. I was with the choir from my college, and we… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
If I were to mark three, I'd mark Bird, because I grew immensely as an artist, I learned a lot, and also, I think,… — Forest Whitaker 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