Acting Quote by Sissy Spacek Download Open image “Rarely in film acting do you get to do a scene for very long.” — Sissy Spacek ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Acting Scene Cinema Film Film acting Long Rarely Rarely Film Scene Long
You never just do a scene once; you do it an insane amount of times. — Michiel Huisman Copy Share Image
Sometimes you do complete run-throughs of scenes, sometimes you break scenes down into little bits. It just depends on what the actors like to… — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
Very rarely do actors, even with features, get to live with a part for that long and really dig into it. — Scott Glenn Copy Share Image
Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage. — Jude Law Copy Share Image
I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor. — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
I don't believe moviegoers don't have patience. Screenwriters are told a scene can't be longer than three minutes, that you have to cut to… — Tracy Letts Copy Share Image
I have never been bothered by the length of my role in a film as I want to be associated with good films. — Biju Menon Copy Share Image
Acting is a bit like being an athlete. You spend all your time getting ready to do something for two minutes. All the things… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I haven't really had a major role in film for about 12 years. But I never stopped working in the theater. I do stuff… — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater. — Cary Elwes Copy Share Image
I'm not Meryl Streep. My God - she's the greatest actor that ever lived. It's sad that ordinary actors like me are compared to… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Just about every town in Texas has a beauty pageant. Ours was called The Dogwood Fiesta. I was in one of those. I played… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Jingle taps on the majorette boots were an important part of a little girl growing up in the South. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I feel like if I don't get a film and somebody else does, then that film never belonged to me. The ones I get… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Film is an amazing art form, but so is life. When your career and your life can work together, and one can support the… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
You get angry and frustrated wondering, 'Are there enough parts for women?' — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I studied homeopathy for years and years. Herbs and all kinds of acupuncture, acupressure, alternative medicine. I think it's just better to treat the… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I think that we all fantasize about that teeny tiny time in the film industry when women ruled, back in the '40s. — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and… — Sissy Spacek 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
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… — 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
