"Acting is very start and stop."

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"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

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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

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"Acting is happy agony."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

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"I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting."

Paz Vega, Spanish Actress

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"Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core."

Anthony Rapp, American Actor

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"The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority."

Will Durant, American Historian

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"I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me."

Ving Rhames, American Actor

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"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."

Patrice Leconte, French Director

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"Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting."

Swoosie Kurtz, American Actress

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"I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers."

Siegfried Sassoon, English Poet

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"It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it."

Time

"All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form."

Art

"We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it."

Theatre

"The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors."

Actor

"When I see what I want, I do it."

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"I find that there are few reviews that extol women as wonderful artists."

Woman

"I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater."

People

"At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place."

America

"Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical."

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"But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different."

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