"Acting doesn't suffice."

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Acting, Man

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Acting, Writing

"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

Aidan Quinn, Irish Actor

Acting, Being

"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

Acting, May

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

John Boorman, British Director

Acting, Actors, Being

"I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like."

Parker Posey, American Actress

Acting, Nothing, Old, Opera

"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Acting, Bizarre, First

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

Keith Hernandez, American Athlete

Acting, Actor

"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."

Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress

Acting, Months

"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Acting, Day

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"Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College."

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"I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky."

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"When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again."

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"The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others."

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

"I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like."

"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."

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

"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."

"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."

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"Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College."

"I was one of the first of the uglies. Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter... were very pretty fellows, and that was the trend. I was one of the first of the uglies to get lucky."

"When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again."

"I'm not doing my work for constant success."

"The most important thing in my life is my work."

"I pray and try every day to be a better actor."

"Acting is something I love."

"Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name."

"I married at a tender age during my early stage and radio struggles."

"The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others."