Acting Quotes

The mission of law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even thought the law may be acting in a philanthropic spirit. Its mission is to protect property.

(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying.

I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music business or in which I would play a singer or a songwriter. When I act, I don't even want to be thought of as Ne-Yo.

There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of guns going off, you know, guns held by white men acting as vigilantes, cops who feel more free to open fire against African Americans.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

My girlfriend knows that if I'm acting weird at home to go to one of my shows to see what's on my mind.

Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

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 did a film once that I was killed in. It was a painful, horrifying day. It was a wonderful day from the standpoint of acting, but I was a wreck otherwise.

I'm the audience's representative on earth.

My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.

In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.

I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations.

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

By understanding how all things arise together, you shift from viewing yourself as acting upon and realizing all things, to a new vision of seeing all things coming forth and realizing you.

I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a rough ride for a little bit. There wasn't a ton of pushback about it.

I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.

Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.

There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.

A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.

Acting is what I love. I love being the chameleon, and you can't do that if you have just one physical type.

I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There's no need to have an attachment to the outcome because it's out of your hands after that.

By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.

There are multitudes in our congregations who are just waiting while they ought to be acting. They must work, if they would have God work in them. There can be no religion without obedience.

The bit I love is I really love acting, really, and the circus of being a celebrity is something I'm sort of not interested in. I find it strange.

I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.

The first rule of survival is: Make your own rules. The hell anyone thinks about the way you're acting; listen only to yourself.

I'm sure acting is a deeply neurotic thing to do.

I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me.

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.

The biggest thing is we need to stop acting like racism don't exist.

I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York.

Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment.

I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue.

Everything is acting.

Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it's the feel that matters.

I've always felt if my nose were more crooked, critics would focus more on my acting.

Acting is still fun. It's still not even a career for me. I think the second it becomes a career is when I should stop.

I think the great thing about acting is that it's not all the same. You're constantly challenged and constantly pushed to your limit. It's nice to see how your body can adapt to these things.

Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.

The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. You can't put anything into a character that you haven't got within you.

For me writing and acting all comes out of the same place, a compulsion to review and connect to something. For me they are more similar than different.

I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade.

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.

An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to have a job to fall back on and I really do enjoy directing.

Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting.

I don't think I'm very cool as a person. I'm just better than anyone else at acting cool.