Acting Quotes

I have so many other interests: Writing, acting, directing, real life, I need little pieces of it all to satisfy me. The thirst is deep and I am complicated.

I feel very, very fortunate to have the success that I've had. I want to keep working and keep moving forward. Acting is my dream job. I love it so much.

When I first started, my main goal was to not be bartending anymore, and to not be working at the bank anymore. I just wanted acting to be my job.

I never really got on my own case about my own acting. I know a lot of other people have, and probably very justifiably. But I don't worry about stuff like that too much.

I can disappear into things very easily. But with acting, you have to be in the moment, and it gives me this incredibly fulfilling emotion: being really present.

Video games is a big part of a kids' life. Videos games let you be something that you're not, so does acting, but it puts you in like a real situation type thing or something totally different.

Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who gets up there and sings so truthfully - I like that.

Acting is about acting, not about being a movie star.

I imagined that being someday in pro ball I would have been Kevin Costner in Bull Durham. If I had never discovered acting, I literally would have been that guy.

When you start in movie business... It is a business, actually. Nothing to do with art. Picasso is art, and Giacometti, but film acting is no art. Just the luck of being discovered, maybe.

If [after one role] you believe that you've mastered acting and you don't have to study the craft or get a deeper perspective, then you're not going to succeed.

It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.

Acting is very immediate.

I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.

I love acting, but I don't know if I'll ever get used to it.

Dancing was a big part of my life, but I would never consider myself a dancer. I adore singing, and music has always been a huge part of my life, but I also enjoy acting.

Movies and acting are so much fun. I love playing different characters and doing different genres. It's all still very interesting to me.

My whole plan in my head has always been, if I go a year without acting, it's time to go home; it's time to go back to Montreal.

There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like Down to the Bone, you have the opportunity to be of service.

it's not about being fearless, it's about acting in spite of fear

I frown at him. How does he know all this information? And why, after two years of avoiding becoming a Dauntless leader at all costs, is he suddenly acting like one?

I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can't stop. It would be like refusing to breathe.

I'm very serious about acting.

I'm no actor. And I have sixty-four pictures to prove it.

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

I've never been in the music industry, only acting.

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.

I came to acting in a very circuitous way.

Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.

Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.

I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: "If I'm not a star by the time I'm 18, I'll get out of the business."

I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.

Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?

I learned a lot about acting from the people I worked with.

I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun.

I do my independent stuff where it's real acting if you like. Intense, drama stuff. I love me actions.

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

I keep it real normal, like I don't try to act like a celebrity, or say that just because I'm on a TV show I can do other types of TV. I take it very seriously and I respect the art of acting.

I would love a recurring role on '90210.' I would say yes to just about any role in acting that doesn't tarnish my image.

Acting, it's the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it work.

If you're a boxer, you want to get the ring with a Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali type. When you're acting, you want to get in with Meryl Streep, and that's what I did.

I don't think most people understand acting, even the people who call themselves savvy, even actors.

Once your acting job is over, you just hope they have a good editor and they put together a good film.

I want to inspire people with my work, whether I'll be dancing, acting, on the big screen, or in the production room.

Every single night I'm nervous.

I repeat that, in my opinion, the European Commission and the leading European economies are acting very pragmatically and are on the right path.

Human beings are, necessarily, actors who...can be divided...into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.

The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human element]