Acting Quotes

I'm so grateful to be living doing what I love. Whether it's acting in Films or TV shows or writing and directing my own projects.

I always treat all the jobs I do as an acting class.

I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct.

When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.

I'm more interested in producing than acting.

I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.

I started acting, almost on a whim to help my music career.

Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life.

The longer you've been acting, normally, the better you are at it. As a musician, it doesn't work like that.

I've often thought that it would be great to do some acting because nobody would think that I would be able to do it and it scares the living hell out of me.

You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.

The basic laws of good acting are the same, but everything about the experience is different-your job responsibility, the time you spend on it.

The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'

Acting wasn't even in my world at all. My oldest sister worked at 'Glamour' magazine and said I should model, but I had no interest.

I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me.So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far.

In terms of acting, we go through phases of being really inspired by film and television and actors and works that we've read.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom

I wanted to be a lot of things. There were a million things I wanted to do. I still do. Acting is one of the good ways of doing it you know, because you can be all those things.

I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.

Consequences of acting in Donald Trump's usual egocentric, "I make the rules," way can be quite dangerous for all of us.

Acting and theatrics are my forte.

I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again.

I watched a lot of TV, and it clicked one day that these people were acting. It sounded like the most fun thing ever.

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.

For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.

I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, because I don't necessarily think it's helpful to talk about how I do my job.

The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision. It's like a release. I'm glad it's come back into my life.

It's a good time for me to pursue acting, I suppose since I'm enjoying having another medium in which to express myself. I've been getting a great response to my work.

I'm just looking for interesting roles and giving acting the respect it deserves.

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.

Because of my acting career, I've had to bounce from city to city and get in the groove in the studio.

As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all men, acting collectively.

Environment protection weighs the same in my life as my professional acting career.

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

My cholera's acting up again.

Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat.

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

I ain't acting when I'm on stage. That's why all the little love bugs who'll come and see me at Lovebox love me. They know it's the real me.

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it.

For a while, I thought, maybe I should direct, until I got to New York and saw the stupidity of that idea. If it's hard to get into acting, what is it like for a woman to become a director?

I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy acting, but singing I've been doing since I was really young.

I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.

When you pick a career like acting, it's challenging, but it's a lesson every time you put yourself out there. I wouldn't change it for the world - I love what I learn every single day.

Are you a peice of Saran Wrap? No Well then why are you acting so clingy?

My first acting role as a kid was on Freaks and Geeks.

I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.