Acting Quote by Meryl Streep

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.

— Sidney Poitier

Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something.

— Crystal Bowersox

Pretending is a very valuable life skill.

— Meryl Streep

Pretending is the grease of non-relationships. Pretending is how you and I get through the day without ever having to know each other. When…

— Mike Yaconelli

It doesn't matter if you're play-pretending crying or play-pretending laughing, you're still play-pretending.

— Mila Kunis

The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody.

— Booth Tarkington

Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.

— John Hurt

Coz its never easy to be playing a role of somebody. And who says pretending is an easy job? Who says you can pretend…

— Myself

Although pretend play is important, it is still the means to an end, not the end itself. Do not make the mistake of thinking…

— Stanley Greenspan

Pretending is the clear expression that says we're not haopy with ourselves. Otherwise what else can keep us from being we.

— Senoraroy

That's what acting is. You're pretending to be someone else.

— Saoirse Ronan

Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend.

— Jonathan Groff