Acting Quotes

I love acting so much more than singing, and hopefully I'd be able to venture into that properly.

The thing that I am most passionate about would be acting.

Acting is fun. It's not my whole life. It's not my entire being. It's secondary to my life. My life is primary. I'm running in the primary, as you know.

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but youve got a lot of downtime as well.

I'm not interested in being famous or anything, but I'm definitely interested in expressing emotions, and acting and filmmaking can be great outlets for that. Filmmaking is an incredible art.

I sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything.

I just want to keep being creative, and I want to feel inspired by a role, and I want to keep acting.

I like Brando's acting ... and James Dean ... and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.

Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.

Believing in yourself you gain confidence, which allows you to relax. Relaxation is one of the most important parts about acting.

I grew up around horses, but acting and riding on camera is a whole different thing.

Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.

My parents never pressured me except to advise me against acting.

From an acting point of view you need to look at what you're bringing in.

I think that's almost what it is sometimes if you sum up what acting is. It's just the ultimate expression of empathy.

I've been acting since I was a kid, so I just feel confident in the fact that I can do it to some degree. I've never thought I was amazing; I've just thought, 'I know this, I can do it.

Because of acting I've gotten to travel and meet so many amazing people, and they inspire new songs.

I want to discover more things about acting.

I thought a parent's job was to tell their children not to go into acting as a profession!

The sweetest part is acting after making a decision.

When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice.

Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.

In acting, you draw so much on your private life.

Sometimes, I feel promoting a film is a more difficult task than acting!

I have done some formal acting training, because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I'm still one of the worst actors and auditions out there.

I already love acting and I love actors, so being able to communicate with actors and to bring performances out of them, and to tell a story and aid them, is really exciting for me.

But it's healthy - whatever you can do to keep you fresh and awake. Acting's such a ridiculous job and sometimes you need to look at it like that to get a sort of degree of freshness.

Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting.

I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.

There were moments - I would be daydreaming - I would imagine scenes, even if there wasn't a camera around. In my head, I was acting.

I got Michael Caine's book, Acting In Film, and I read it on the plane, desperately trying to glean information from him about how to adapt my craft, which was actually very helpful.

Look, I'm an actor, I don't profess to understand much of anything

Acting has a strong sensual quality that I get such a... you say 'kick' in America? It's a fantastic profession in that way.

I think acting is definitely the most fulfilling, because it's the most challenging in my mind.

Acting is very start and stop.

Acting makes me feel broke again, it makes me feel unaccomplished.

I feel like writing songs is cheating on acting. It's weird.

I was home-schooled. But going to high school, I never would've been able to travel the U.S. or been able to do acting.

If I do three movies in a year, I don't feel like acting ever again.

And the best films feel like a fist punching you in the solar plexus and all elements of the filmmaking process - the acting, the design, the cinematography, the music, is all working to one end.

I started acting when I was 13 years old and I feel like I really admire actors who are these kind of amazing shape-changing people, that they almost can turn themselves into other people.

Sometimes in the life of an actor you're not getting offered any jobs that speak to you. The trouble with acting is that you're only as good as your opportunities.

I've always been interested in directing. I started acting when I was thirteen years old, so I've had some desire to do something else in my life.

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.

My acting is still being recognized for the fact that I wasn't nominated.

I hope to never stop growing. I hope that with every role I play, I keep adding layers to my craft. I love acting and I study religiously with my coach.

I still go to acting class. I love the craft. It's just so much fun for me, and I'm always a student.