Acting Quote by John Malkovich

I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind…

— Samantha Morton

No one is really a method actor, everyone has their way of going about it, preparing for it, but method is preparation, it's what…

— Morgan Freeman

Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia.

— Vittorio Gassman

I think you have to be schizoid three different ways to be an actor ... You have to be a human being. Then you…

— George C. Scott

Before I got into acting, I was always interested in psychology, which I think is very common with a lot of actors because in…

— Megan Park

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a…

— Kevin Bacon

A lot of people ask: 'Will you play a psycho to really change your image and prove you can act?' But that's not what…

— Zac Efron

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is…

— Michael Pitt

So many actors get caught up in their technique, and to be honest, I see it really getting in the way. I see them…

— Gerard Butler

Part of the reason of being an actor is you like playing other people's lives and exploring all the psychologies in that and the…

— Nicole Kidman

As an actor, you tend to draw on your human instincts and your background, what you've gone through as an individual.

— Michael Ealy

Usually I approach to acting completely blindfolded. I read the script, I connect to the character, and then I try not to think about…

— Evan Rachel Wood