Acting Quote by Michael Shurtleff

That is the most liberating thing to feel as an actor: that you don't have to hold back or be afraid. A bit might…

— Hannah Simone

As an actor, you express certain things because they need to be expressed, and then you don't really feel a need to do it…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I just think the best actors always reveal a part of themselves through the characters that they're playing, and it costs them something to…

— Aimee Lou Wood

If the actor doesn't feel it's right, that's when you say, 'OK, let's find something else.' It's then that you get the natural moment.

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

I don't think acting is something words can express. It's just a feeling.

— Rekha

I mean, to feel in good hands as an actor... it's the best feeling.

— Paul Dano

Feelings are universal, and if an actor's doing his job, I think he's making people sit there, and if it's in a movie or…

— Jeffrey Combs

I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.

— Jessica Chastain

That's the most important quality for any actor, for us: someone who can communicate what they're feeling without saying, 'This is how I feel...…

— Ryan Fleck

It's a good challenge as an actor to express feelings without saying too many words.

— Travis Fimmel

“It is a matter of artistic instinct. In his own thoughts and feelings and way of doing things an actor is worth nothing or…

— Maurice Chevalier

I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy.

— Emily Blunt