Acting Quote by Mercedes McCambridge

I had destroyed myself as an actor with my drinking habit in the past.

— Dharmendra

For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me…

— Alan Arkin

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?

— Betty Ford

When I made my first decision, come hell or high water, that I would try to be a professional actor, I was burnt. Emotionally,…

— David Jason

As an actor and as a performer, I'm very much aware of the fact that my job is to change both physically and emotionally…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person.

— Edie Falco

Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful even if it was just…

— Joan Allen

I am not an alcoholic. I'm a social catalyst. People pay me to illustrate for other partygoers the chemical process involved in transforming from…

— Josh Kilmer-Purcell

My acting career helped pull me through the rough times.

— Shirley Knight

Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you have no…

— Charlie Hunnam

I think there may have been somewhat of a backlash against me because I have been successful too easily. I think there's been some…

— Ken Wahl

The media character-assassinated me and perceived me as this monster. When you look at my record ... I jumped a taxi as a 21-year-old,…

— Willie Mason