Acting Quote by Jesse Eisenberg

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

— Anna Chlumsky

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting…

— Anthony Hopkins

I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.

— Mayim Bialik

I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that. But I wasn't doing well in any of the schools, so…

— Justin Theroux

At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.

— Ewan McGregor

From an early age, I knew I wanted to pursue a life in the arts, and so I was acting in plays all throughout…

— Jason Priestley

Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

In the beginning, it was quite challenging because I had zero acting experience, and delivering dialogues was the most difficult thing for me to…

— Atif Aslam

I was discouraged at drama school, along with most of my peers.

— Sigourney Weaver

I felt intimidated the entire time I was in school by my teachers and classmates. But I just knew acting was something I wanted…

— Maura Tierney

I decided to have a regular childhood and not pursue [acting] until I left school, although I wrote plays, directed plays, and got involved…

— Karl Urban

I'd had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you…

— Michael Redhill