Acting Quotes

Sometimes I think it's so good not to win those things. And, anyway, who wants to peak when they're 28?

Back in Rome I did some acting lessons and I realised I loved it more than anything else I had ever done before.

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.

There's a oneness to showing yourself to an audience. They feel that. It's healthy. That's what acting is all about.

At Cornell, my acting teacher said you cannot be religious and be an artist. I sort of got it, because faith is a comfort and art comes from a lot of places, in a lot of people, from the dark chasm.

I've made great friends through acting. When I'm with Victoria Wood and Julie Walters, we have grand fun. We can make each other howl with laughter because we know each other so well.

I'm a bit of a fraud, really, as I didn't study acting at a drama school.

Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.

Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.

The United States Congress, acting with large bipartisan majorities, at the urging of the President, enacted as the law of the land that all children are to be above average.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.

I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.

Is it a stale remark to say that I have constantly found the interest excited at a playhouse to bear an exact inverse proportion to the price paid for admission?

I didn't go to film school, I went to acting school.

Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.

I've scammed so many people throughout my whole life who never learned my true identity until I started acting.

For lack of a better word, acting is therapeutic. You really are breaking down barriers, exorcising demons and finding more out about yourself.

I think with acting, since I became an actor... I, as a person, have become more confident and I have really come out of my shell somewhat... and back to myself, you know.

I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I was going to do and I went to the B.F.A. film program at N.Y.U.

I want to direct films, ultimately. Hopefully I'll have a fantastic career in acting and then go on to do that. That's my dream; that's the ultimate goal.

I think substitution is a huge part of acting, but I don't personalise my work that much.

It was quite strange, because it's quite different from singing, although it's quite natural because you're used to performing or acting on stage.

I didn't go to acting school, so it was great to be able to rehearse for a month or two, to workshop, and be with a director who even gave me acting exercises.

The acting part is easy; it's the preparing - lifting weights and getting your body in tip-top shape - that's the hard part.

It's easy for people to mistake most musicians as living the easy life. It takes a while to get to that point. I'm sure it's like that for acting and television.

Meryl Streep is an acting machine in the same sense that a shark is a killing machine.

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

I would love to do a sweeping romantic period drama, like Jane Eyre. That would be my dream. It's always been my dream, as far as acting.

Music kept me sane between acting jobs.

If I wasn't acting or doing stand-up, I would be in animation. Or if I had the discipline I might studies physics.

A lot of people don't realize that wrestling is acting; you're playing a role and a part.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

Acting should be an end in itself.

Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles.

I think you've got to have a depth, a deeper depth to take stand-up into acting, but I think it really helps you as a stand-up to home into different characters and stuff easily.

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.

I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over the years.

I never applied to any acting schools. I don't know if that's just bad reporting, or - sometimes I just make stuff up.

The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role.

I got my first acting role because I was a singer.

I kind of hid acting from my dad because I knew what he thought about acting at the time. His advice was "Don't do it," basically.

I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career

If I hadn't gone into acting, I would have been one of those weird runaways on Hollywood Boulevard. No, it'd be uglier. I'd probably be dead.

When I'm acting in a film that I'm not producing, I stay to myself.

I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors.

I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!

For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer.

I've done quite a few adverts. I've also done some presenting and acting work in Spain. I did a lot of Spanish education videos for people wanting to learn English.

Ultimately, everyone is acting out of what they feel is the best choice. In a way, they're all trying to improve the world. And I think that those basic choices make the world a better place.