Acting Quotes

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent

There's definitely something about the acting that's the most fun.

That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden sides of yourself.

The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer.

I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen.

For me, acting goes to a special place; it's almost mystical. You have to let go of what you think is good; it's a jump into trust, and trying to reach without wanting too much.

Nobody would ever think, "Oh, get into acting so you can live the straight and narrow path," but it gave me a sense of discipline and focus.

I'm more focused or try to be more focused on my acting and writing and comedy and let the other stuff fall where it may.

I loved New York. I made enough money and studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, which was my first formal training.

To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling.

After college I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

I turned down a contract with a major network in New York my senior year of college in order to move to Los Angeles and pursue my acting career. But so far it's working out.

One of the reasons I started acting was to re-make The Karate Kid, but Jaden Smith beat me to it.

I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that. But I wasn't doing well in any of the schools, so by ninth or tenth grade, I ended up going to a boarding school.

I was always acting. I was doing after-school plays and stuff like that.

I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting.

I am anyway acting all the time with my bacche log (kids), so I do not miss it at all!

If all the actors are in the recording session at the same time, you can record all voices for one episode in an hour. Of course, the animation takes longer but the voice acting is done very quickly.

I would definitely love to continue acting, and I also really enjoy school, so I would like to balance the two somehow.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

Were not one thing, as human beings, so any character that is written uni-dimensional, thats just a shallow character with shallow writing and shallow acting.

I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.

I'm a power fanatic. I like to own things, and have them be mine. Acting doesn't belong to you, if you're not the writer or the director.

Acting is one of the most risky businesses you could ever be in. You literally do not know where your next paycheck will come from.

I haven't actually studied acting at all.

Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

This nation loves singing and loves acting.

Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.

Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.

Yeah, acting is very difficult. As much as I love it, and the challenge of it, I'm so often just terrified by it.

I've never worked on a lawyer show for a long time, but I imagine the actors all start acting like lawyers.

Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.

I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.

A flair for publicity does not necessarily mean a flair for acting.

The reason I haven't had kids yet is because I was so focused on my acting career, hoping I could get something to break.

If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!

I know what a good question would be for an actor. What's your least favorite thing that you've ever heard an actor say about acting? Or about being in a movie?

Some of the newer folks in the industry, I'm not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don't understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality.

It's so fun to play something that feels reckless - not all the time, but I really must be acting out something that I can't do in real life.

I'd also take any acting job...well, not any acting job, that's not true. I'd take a cool acting job.

I want to use things I learn about writing in my acting, and vice versa.

I've always loved subtle acting, and that's what I got to do.

Some people live, eat and breathe art, and they love acting and filmmaking. I've got other loves. I love animals. I love teaching. I love kids. That's always something in the back of my mind.

If I don't do this film. I'll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.

I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you're away a lot. If you're dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.

The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.

Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell.

I love trying to play the not-confident guy, the guy against my normal character, because that's when real acting comes into play.