Acting Quote by Hetty King

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

— Marlon Brando

When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in…

— James Arthur

Acting is something I've always wanted to get into - you memorize lines when you write your rhymes.

— Torae

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

— Merritt Wever

Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career.

— Omari Hardwick

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.

— Sherman Alexie

Some people are suspicious of others who have more than one talent. I've had poets tell me to my face that an actress can't…

— Grace Zabriskie

Many performance poets seem to believe that yelling a poem makes it comprehensible. They are wrong.

— Marilyn Nelson

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it.

— Roger McGough

Good acts are like good poems. One may easily get their drift, but they are not rationally understood.

— Albert Einstein

Poetry is a vocal art for me - but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines…

— Robert Pinsky