Acting Quote by Oliver Goldsmith Download Open image “On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.” — Oliver Goldsmith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Natural Simple Stage Theatre
These are rare moments in an actor's life, where you're put in an environment which is so natural, and you get natural performances. — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I used to think the actor's job was immersing himself completely in another personality. — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
I'd always thought that acting was, like, you had to work really hard, you had to change the way you walked, you talked, and… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts. — Sarah Bernhardt Copy Share Image
As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be. — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner. — Bela Lugosi Copy Share Image
He was, like everyone of a strongly erotic disposition, twice as good, twice as much himself when he knew that women liked him, just… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
An actor doesn't change thought, theme, or mood unless the character does, and the character only does it within the words of the play. — Jason Robards Copy Share Image
It is only when an actor feels that his inner and outer life on the stage is flowing naturally and normally, in the circumstances… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces a problematical… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Every acknowledgment of gratitude is a circumstance of humiliation; and some are found to submit to frequent mortifications of this kind, proclaiming what obligations… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
[T]here are depths of thousands of miles which are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions are by… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
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Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it… — Laura Regan Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image