Acting Quote by Jon Ronson

One always wants to express themselves when they're an actor.

— Jason Watkins

We had an ancient Russian acting coach at my drama school who said the worst offense you could commit was to let your subtext…

— Olivia Williams

'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

— Andrew Scott

I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy.

— Emily Blunt

Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But…

— Kristen Stewart

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

— Jim Broadbent

The reason I'm an actor and am trying to make my way in drama is to move people, to affect people, to gain a…

— Rob James-Collier

I know that some actors take acting terribly seriously. I take it seriously in that if someone pays me to do it I know…

— David Warner

Not to sound rude, but [acting] is stupid. Everybody’s like, ‘How can you remain with a level head?’ And I’m like, ‘Why would I…

— Jennifer Lawrence

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

— Gene Simmons

If there wasn't something called acting, they would probably hospitalize people like me.

— Whoopi Goldberg

Typically, actors overplay jargon or toss it away in an extravagant display of casualness. Real people hit the important parts hard.

— John Cho