Acting Quote by Kevin Spacey

Acting is revealing the truth that is already within you and that reflects the character that you're doing.

— Ron Cephas Jones

Acting is different from mental gymnastics. You try to discover as much about the character as you can, but a large area is mysterious.

— Faye Dunaway

I feel like within each of us is a million different people that we could reveal and that we can be sometimes... And for…

— O. T. Fagbenle

I never tell who it is I base my character quirks on in case they get offended, but I do base them on real…

— Emily Blunt

When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within the character…

— Steve Carell

It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're pretending -…

— Rich Cohen

In my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of right - that's me.…

— John Wayne

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character.

— Ally Sheedy

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

— Ron Silver

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

— Michael Emerson

To me, acting is simple. People put other things in front of it, but it's staying in truth.

— Malik Yoba

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

— Chiwetel Ejiofor