Acting Quote by Philip Seymour Hoffman Download Open image “I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.” — Philip Seymour Hoffman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Nervous Play
I was never nervous directing. Not once. I'm more nervous acting. I'm far more nervous on set, before I say my lines, than I… — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
As an actor, youre always nervous as to what a director will do with something. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
Actually I have to say when I'm acting, I try not to think about directing at all. — Renee O'Connor Copy Share Image
With directing, it's all out there, in the moment and in real-time. The pressure and all of the eyes are on you, and you've… — Mara Brock Akil Copy Share Image
Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second,… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
I always get less nervous when we get into rehearsals because it just gives me a better idea of how it's gonna go. — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
As an actor, I felt nervous only during the release of my film. When I became a director, the anxious moments started once the… — Prabhu Deva Copy Share Image
I think you have to be scared every morning that you go out to shoot, or you lose your edge. With actors, there has… — Susanna White Copy Share Image
I don't get stage fright. I do get nervous before I play in front of big audiences [though]. — Jack Barakat Copy Share Image
I would never not work on the part without it playing. That's what being an actor is. You use everything that's influenced you to… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I was a breed of people who aren't capable of doing anything, really. At college I began to get the idea that being macho wasn't the accepted norm in the liberal world, and especially the world I entered into, which was the artistic world. I had a lot of problems with that because I was struggling with the need to… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
I would definitely say pleasure is not happiness. Because I think I kill pleasure. Like I take too much of it in, and therefore… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid. — Philip Seymour Hoffman 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 great career out of it, and they found a way to do it and still be cool guys, so that's kind of where I want to be. — Kenny Wormald Copy Share
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
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 as something mercurial that required all the right conditions, but now I know that even if I don't get any sleep, I can still work, I can power through. The stars don't have to be perfectly… — Laura Regan Copy Share
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