top of page
.png){kind=small}
Acting Quotes
"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting."
59
"You know one of the things about going from modeling to acting is it's so much more fulfilling. With modeling, you get your picture taken, which is great, good for you, you know? But in acting, you're able to reach in and show a little bit more of yourself."
57
"Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly."
57
"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."
56
"Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting."
55
"I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30."
55
"I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first."
55
"I'm not done with acting but do find my hands full with my current responsibilities. Soon, sometime soon."
54
"Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting."
54
"I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy acting, but singing I've been doing since I was really young."
53
"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that."
53
"I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting."
52
"Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment."
52
"I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging."
52
"I don't think I'm great at acting. I think I'm great at directing."
52
"When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize."
52
"My acting coach makes the impossible accessible."
51
"The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it."
51
"The big difference with Juliette and the others in that film is that she goes beyond acting."
51
"I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job."
51
"Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it."
51
bottom of page