Acting Quotes
There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.
To go into acting is like asking for admission to an insane asylum. Anyone may apply, but only the certifiably insane are admitted.
The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.
I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received.
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.
One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap.
All I have to say is basically if performing, singing, acting ,and dancing is what you want to do, then you just have to do it - no matter where it is.
How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, when so much of what they see on television shows adults acting like children?
To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.
The greatest piece of acting or music or sculpture or what-have-you always has its roots in the truth of human emotion.
One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.
Acting can be the healthiest profession in the world, because it allows you to do things you can't do in real life. It allows you to understand more than just what life provides you.
Acting is a weird thing. You've gotta do it to get better, and you've gotta try things to grow.
Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting - watch the eyes!
All financial success comes from acting on a plan. A lot of financial failure comes from reacting to the market
I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!
About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.
Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
The thing I like a lot about acting is I'll never learn enough. I'll never know it inside and out.
Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.
When you have the feeling that anything’s possible, sometimes you wind up acting on it.
Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.
Without the heart it is no worship; it is a stage play; an acting a part without being that person really which is acted by us: a hypocrite, in the notion of the word, is a stageplayer.
You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can.
Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.
If you do not make it a matter of study, how you may successfully act in building up the kingdom of Christ, you are acting a very wicked and absurd part as a Christian.
No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.
We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.
I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life.
We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.
My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'
But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.
I shall develop the thesis that anyone acting communicatively must, in performing any speech act, raise universal validity claims and suppose that they can be vindicated.
Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice.
I never trained in any acting, other than just joking around and doing my own dinky little videos.
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working.
Wisdom is always connected to beauty. When you see someone acting by their principles, their wisdom makes them beautiful.
Acting is easy and fun. You earn a lot of money, and you bang out with girls. The profession is given tremendous significance within our society, but it's not really worthy of it.
By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.
Acting and making art is just something I love to do, and I love to tell stories that feel important, honest and necessary. It's not about me. It's about being part of something.
I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.
An expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants.
(Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen.