Acting Quotes

It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

My stepdad provided me with an amazing childhood. I played outside like a normal kid, I rode my bike, I walked to school, but the happiest times were when I was acting.

Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.

Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops.

I never lost my appetite for acting.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

I need to be performing. I need to be acting. I need to be designing a condo and ripping down walls and buying new plates and looking at fashion magazines. There always has to be some movement in the artistic department for me to not get really, really low.

So I don't think I'm gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots.

I got into the acting business very young.

When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.

I was acting when I was playing baseball.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap.

I know you're always supposed to want more of everything. But in truth, I'm having a nice ebb and flow of being in my daughter's life every day and getting to keep my work life alive. I'm not nominated for ten thousand everythings every minute, but I am acting and telling stories I love.

Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.

At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.

I haven't really focused so much on getting acting work.

Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

I have actual acting scars.

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

I read. It's also nice for me to get involved in schoolwork, which is a totally different world than acting. It makes me feel like I am doing things that normal people are doing at my age.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.