Acting Quotes

I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting.

Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me.

That's a tough question; I've been acting since I was 10. My dad was an entrepreneur, so I guess something along those lines. I wouldn't want a 9-5 job.

I love acting, and it was really important to me to give it a real shot.

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices.

Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice.

My goal was for acting to become my main income. I would say to myself, 'I'm good enough.' That became my mantra.

Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

I loved getting to do Promised Land with him. I mean, he's really there for you. We did one very emotional scene in the church. He's just a wonderful acting partner. You feel very safe with him.

When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street.

I wish they taught green screen acting classes.

I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.

Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?

It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go to a school of quality or bust. Which made my downshifting back to acting afterward a little difficult.

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman.

I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it's radio, television, films, theater, I don't care as long as I can get out there and do it.

I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky.

When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize.

Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting.

To be at acting school, it was kind of the first time you felt the freedom to be as much of yourself as you wanted. People weren't going to judge you.

Don't stink up the place with bad acting, if an opportunity comes your way.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of the silent movies - the good ones, the ones done by the best directors - the acting is very, very natural.

Acting is actually private.

Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.

You have to really concentrate on piano or acting. You can't do both.

I want to be able to have a conversation with people. I don't want to be stupid. I'd like to have a life outside acting.

I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul.

Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I love it too much to ever have a bad relationship with it.