Acting Quotes

It's the scariest thing in the world, going to acting class, because first of all, there's a lot of pressure. I just go back to being that fourth grader who couldn't, like, sit still in her seat.

The one thing I never want to do is act drunk or act high. You don’t do it from a mental kind of place because then you’re just acting.

My acting coach breaks down what happens to people's bodies when they do drugs. She breaks down what happens physiologically to you.

I've taken [acting] class with Larry Moss, who's more kind of in the theater world, so he's really educated me about playwrights.

Outside of acting, the person that I admire the most is my mother.

I actually write as a passion, as something I actually am more passionate about than acting.

I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.

Oh, it's the first big thing I've really done. My first job out of college was working with Steven Soderbergh. I was telling my acting teachers, "I did it, you guys!"

That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.

I don't want to make decisions about what I'm going to do before I'm doing it because I base my acting off my partner and off the other people in the scene.

At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.

I find that the acting's getting easier - with experience, everything is more instinctual.

I've never worked with an acting coach, no.

I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.

I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.

I would work as hard as possible at school so I could keep acting alongside.

We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence.

I caught the acting bug from my dad.

I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.

Maybe down the road, I can see myself being part of the creative process, but acting is definitely my first and true love.

Acting is where my heart is. I love acting.

The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated.

The wonderful thing about acting is you move along with your decade. The older you get, the more interesting the parts you get to play and you bring more of your personal experience to the part

I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business.

You start acting in spite of your neuroses, not because of them.

When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "The courage to be hated."

There is no right in acting.

I just always thought, I love acting and I love writing. And when I haven't got any more good breath and good energy, then I'll write.

Yul Brynner's performance in "The King and I," . . . can no longer be regarded as a feat of acting or even endurance. After 30-odd . . . Mr Brynner is, quite simply, The King.

The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.

The term papers make me more crazy, because they involve more variables I cannot directly control! With acting, I feel more power-like I'm making all the choices.

There's nothing hard about acting except the long hours.

In every situation, feel before acting, just for a second. Look for a feeling.

If you ever want to study acting you should be around an enlightened person for a while, because all they do is play roles, since they no longer have a self.

I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic.

In our interactions with people, a benevolent hypocrisy is frequently required--acting as though we do not see through the motivesof their actions.

I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.

I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports.

Honestly, I really don't like acting. I don't enjoy it. What I do like is going to a movie theatre and seeing my face on a poster. I like seeing my name on a poster. That is cool.

Comedy, it's a way for me to keep my acting chops. It's like a free acting class, to get up in front of a live audience. You get to have fun telling stories.

I'm interested in acting because I'm interested in exploring humanity, and we're all nuts, we're all damaged, and we're all gorgeous, so anything less than that is dishonest to me.

Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.

I really enjoyed being on movie sets, and I had fun with the people, but I didn't really think about acting or care, or I didn't think I cared about acting.

Originally, I started acting because I showed interest in movies and TV.

Acting is the absence of acting. It's believing in the truth of the moment you are creating.

Music and acting are the same thing: you must understand that art is only the search, not the final form.

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.

When it came time for college, I told my parents I was going to major in acting. And they were so removed from anything to do with show business - my dad built our house and my mom grew our food.

Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was real.