Acting Quote by Joaquin Phoenix

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

— William Shatner

Acting for me is liberating. It's almost like therapy, because I grew up in a blue-collar environment where you're not supposed to have feelings.…

— Kurt Yaeger

I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and…

— Michael Caine

When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to protect yourself…

— Jess Weixler

I always tell people that, if you feel like you're portraying a character really well, you're not acting. If you can reach that point…

— Travis Aaron Wade

I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.

— Julie Delpy

If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act.

— Donna Brazile

My acting is atrocious, to say the least. But I've found that it's not acting that people are concerned about, it's your presence.

— Chuck Norris

When criticism comes your way as an actor they are not criticizing your writing or your painting or your piece, they are criticizing you!…

— Meryl Streep

Sometimes I am kind of the opposite of my character. But that's the thing about acting, you get to play people who are not…

— Dakota Fanning

Regardless of how I act, somebody is going to criticize me one way or the other.

— Dale Earnhardt Jr

Everywhere in the society, even my extended family, when they got to know that I am going to be an actor, they were very…

— Bhumi Pednekar