Acting Quote by Neil Diamond

I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not how I…

— Corey Stoll

That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden sides of…

— Julie Kavner

A lot of times, in film and TV, they just want you to play yourself. But, when you're someone who's more of a character…

— Carrie Preston

You're always trying to find common ground with whatever you do, but you want to not be thinking about yourself when you're performing a…

— Jamie Parker

The idea of acting is something that absolutely repulses me. I just can't do it. I'm terrible at it. I get roped into films…

— Nick Cave

Acting is a marvelous profession ... If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much about your…

— Dean Koontz

I'm an actor, and everything about me - the way I perceive things, the way I have seen the world - has been in…

— Al Pacino

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

— Julianna Margulies

The beauty of acting is you just get lost in it. You play the character, and you hope that it works.

— Steve Zahn

I can do very dramatic films, and at the same time, I can do a very meaningless movie, too, if I feel my role…

— Vivek Oberoi

I think I'm good at playing dramatic and serious roles, but it's not necessarily what I want to keep doing.

— Asa Butterfield

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the…

— Martine McCutcheon