Acting Quote by Stephen Root

Acting is about listening, and that's something that took me awhile. You almost don't have to learn your lines, if you listen to what…

— Mark McGrath

I pick up subtle cues very well and pay attention to detail.

— Julia Fox

The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know…

— Ben Kingsley

When you act you realise acting is not that difficult - the other technicalities are, like the mark, angle, light, etc. So you just…

— Badshah

Acting lessons teach you to really listen to what the other person is saying because in acting it's all about responding to the lines.

— Tommy Mottola

You need to become a good listener. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting.

— Jacqueline Bisset

I think acting, oftentimes it's not about lines, it's about spaces in between lines and expressions on people's faces and their relationships. You can…

— Peter Capaldi

Acting to me is a very organic art form and you just go and do it. And I like to direct the same way…

— Clint Eastwood

I try and imagine myself in situations and figure out how I'd have reacted and responded to them, and then bring that insight into…

— Suriya

Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out.

— Stellan Skarsgard

I like to learn the lines and not get any precontrived things in my head about the part. Just get on stage and see…

— John Mahoney

I learnt how acting is more about listening to the other person; it is about reaction. You learn to be a foil, and that…

— Eoin Macken