Act Quotes

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I believe in traditional marriage and I believe in the Defense of Marriage Act.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

One of my favorite things to do is be in front of the camera and act.

An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do.

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.

Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.

The Taliban and its backers bear the responsibility for the consequences of this outrageous act.

It is a juggling act and I have been in it for 12 years now, which is about 11 years longer than I thought I would be, and then the priority there is thinking how can I stay somewhat irrelevant so that you can continue to survive and can continue to work and put yourself in a position to get to do the work you are truly passionate about.

I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary.

If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure.

I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting.

If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.

In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I'd go home and act all the parts. It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.

I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

Now that I'm staring down the barrel of the last act of my life, I'm less excited about control and solo effort, and I resent the way the business aspects interfere with my space for creative writing.

Our act started at the bottom and went downhill.

Comedy, like sodomy, is an unnatural act.

Under the Healthy Americans Act, you're in charge of your health care - not your employer. If you lose your job, change jobs or just can't find a job, your health insurance is guaranteed to stick with you.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.