Acting Quote by Liam Neeson

Acting is something you didn't do in Ireland.

— James Nesbitt

Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.

— Marilyn Monroe

I decided to give up the idea of being a priest before I decided I wanted to be an actor. I considered it for…

— James McAvoy

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

— Molly Parker

Acting is a form of confession.

— Tallulah Bankhead

Perhaps society should give actors the same sort of protection it gives to those who follow a religious life. Actor/priest was originally the same…

— Jennifer Stone

I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie.

— Jimmy Fallon

My sights have always been on acting, on the creative process, never the lifestyle. Growing up in Northern Ireland when I did, everything was…

— Colin Morgan

I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no illusions of…

— Christopher Meloni

I grew up in a small town in Ireland and didn't know any actors. I never thought it was a viable job. It wasn't…

— Katie McGrath

Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies.

— Ciaran Hinds

For men were born to pray and save: Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the grave.

— William Butler Yeats