"You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself."

Acting, Being

39

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself."

Exlpore more Acting quotes

"Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways."

Jennifer Capriati, American Athlete

Acting, Mistakes

"I don't like acting things; I like feeling things."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

Acting, Feeling

"As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school."

Megan Gallagher, American Actress

Acting, Drama, School

"I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career."

Christina Milian, American Musician

Acting, Career

"The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of which was the Neighborhood Playhouse, which I started at six months there after."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

Acting, Months, Night, Schools

"The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands."

Maria Jeritza, Austrian Soprano

Acting, Lies, Opera, Singing

"Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Acting,

"Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad."

John Corbett, American Actor

Acting, Actors, Bugs, Fame

"I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.'"

Elliott Gould, American Actor

Acting, Bed, Light

"I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

Acting, School

Explore more quotes by Beatrice Wood

"And then a great thing in my life was going to India."

Life

"And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love."

Love

"Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up."

Writing

"First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard."

Work

"My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road."

Life

"But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating."

Family

"And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color."

Earth

39

Standard

Customized

Exlpore more Acting quotes

"Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways."

"I don't like acting things; I like feeling things."

"As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school."

"I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career."

"The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of which was the Neighborhood Playhouse, which I started at six months there after."

"The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands."

"Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene."

"Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad."

"I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.'"

"I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared."

Explore more quotes by Beatrice Wood

"And then a great thing in my life was going to India."

"And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love."

"Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up."

"First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard."

"My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road."

"But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating."

"And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color."

"A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic."

"I happen to believe that there is an afterlife."

"You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were."