Acting Quote by Laurence Olivier Download Open image “Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is, and not so much a matter of being real.” — Laurence Olivier ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Being real Illusion Magic Matter Real
Acting is the absence of acting. It's believing in the truth of the moment you are creating. — Gary Busey Copy Share Image
As an actor, I believe that acting is actually behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances. — Saba Qamar Copy Share Image
Acting is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances — Sanford Meisner Copy Share Image
But the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something. — Crystal Bowersox Copy Share Image
All acting is an act of imagination. You are simply conjuring up imaginary circumstances in your mind and responding truthfully to them. — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“By Real Acting I mean “an imitation of human behavior that is both emotionally natural and mechanically precise enough as to elicit tears or… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
Autograph-hunting is the most unattractive manifestation of sex-starved curiosity. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
I believe in the theater; I believe in it as the first glamorizer of thought. It restores dramatic dynamics and their relations to life… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
I suppose, unconsciously, I used all my wives to further my journey up the ladder. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
“[in 1979] You must have - besides intuition and sensitivity - a cutting edge that allows you to reach what you need. Also, you… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
If I wasn't an actor, I think I'd have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
[on whether he harbored any resentment at his forced retirement from the stage after he was fired by Britain's National Theater] I should be… — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey. — Laurence Olivier Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it… — Laura Regan Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image