Acting Quote by Maureen Stapleton

Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes. Your concentration must be keen,…

— Clive Swift

The best thing anybody ever told me about acting - and I think it's probably true for life, generally - is listen. You've really…

— Maria Doyle Kennedy

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

— Ivan Reitman

As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors. You get…

— Elizabeth Banks

There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And…

— James Cagney

One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.

— David Duchovny

Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

— Shawnee Smith

When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage…

— Charles Kimbrough

The big secret in acting is listening to people

— Eli Wallach

Acting is a work in progress for me. I just try to keep my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open, especially with…

— Dennis Farina

The important thing in acting is to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to laugh, I think of my sex life.…

— Glenda Jackson

Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared…

— Bryn Terfel