Acting Quote by Jim Broadbent Download Open image “It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.” — Jim Broadbent ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Acting Sounds Actor Fatal Talk Ridiculous Sound Start Analysing Talk Acting
The trouble with talking about acting is that it's like sex. It's enormously fun to do but just dreadfully embarrassing when you have to… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And that's probably… — Paul Dano 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
The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Acting is like sex: you either do it and don't talk about it, or you talk about it and don't do it. That's why… — Humphrey Bogart Copy Share Image
To me, acting is like a party. It's like a fun thing to do. You don't have to worry. You don't have to agonize… — Rob Reiner Copy Share Image
People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me. — Rhys Ifans Copy Share Image
Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
A wonderful but kind of a terrible truth about acting is that you actually get to a point where you become content with an… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
Acting is fun, and if you enjoy doing it, you should take it seriously and see what you can do. — Stephen Colletti Copy Share Image
A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish. — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
It's funny how a film about a murderous old English toff can help you. — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away. — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
In Hollywood films everything is tidied up at the end with clean lines and clean character definitions. It's sort of unsatisfying. — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
I love French films, and European films. They're not any bigger, but there's just a sort of definition, and a confidence, and strength to… — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others. — Jim Broadbent Copy Share Image
It's so easy as a child to identify with 'Winnie-the-Pooh.' The humour doesn't talk down at you. It's a very grown up humour -… — Jim Broadbent 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