Acting Quote by John Kapelos

Acting is a bit like being an athlete. You spend all your time getting ready to do something for two minutes. All the things…

— Christopher Walken

Acting is a general thing; it's not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of time. I…

— Tom Hollander

On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be…

— Stephen Lang

(Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen.

— John Cassavetes

The thing about acting is everybody thinks you make a ton of money. And the money is good when you're working. But you can…

— Wendi McLendon-Covey

Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give back to…

— Kris Holden-Ried

As an actor, you only get to work 15 minutes an hour; as a director you're fully immersed. It's incredibly more complex and challenging…

— Jason Bateman

With acting, you have to depend on somebody else to decide if you are allowed to work. You can spend weeks and months when…

— Tana French

Acting is a funny job because you're always playing a hundred levels of pretend, but when you're working with great designers who end up…

— Jason Ralph

Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give.

— Big Sean

Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

— Shawnee Smith

Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse.…

— Erland Josephson