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Acting Quotes

"I'm not acting, but I am acting."

"I'm not acting, but I am acting."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

7

"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."

"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."

Kathy Ireland, American Model

7

"I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago."

"I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago."

Laura San Giacomo, American Actress

Acting, College, University, Years

7

"Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over."

"Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over."

Tara Lipinski, American Athlete

7

"I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing."

"I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing."

Phil Hartman, Canadian Actor

6

"I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent."

"I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent."

Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian Actress

6

"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!"

"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!"

Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

Acting, Parents, Skill

6

"I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade."

"I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

6

"Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not."

"Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

6

"I can only pay my electric bill for my last two years on my acting."

"I can only pay my electric bill for my last two years on my acting."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

6

"I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop."

"I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop."

Shane West, American Actor

6

"I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is."

"I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is."

Wilford Brimley, American Actor

Acting, Man, Now, School

6

"My acting coach makes the impossible accessible."

"My acting coach makes the impossible accessible."

Karolina Kurkova, Czechoslovakian Model

6

"I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker."

"I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Acting, Robert Downey, Jr.

6

"The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!"

"The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!"

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

6

"You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity."

"You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Acting, Being, Celebrity, Favorite

6

"Acting is happy agony."

"Acting is happy agony."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

6

"I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun."

"I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Acting, Fun, Office

6

"I had to study acting to basically educate myself."

"I had to study acting to basically educate myself."

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

6

"Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious."

"Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

Acting, Man, Writing

6

"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."

"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."

Harry Shearer, American Actor

6

"You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is."

"You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is."

Martin Mull, American Actor

6

"Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation."

"Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation."

Armand Assante, American Actor

6

"I started taking acting classes when I was twelve."

"I started taking acting classes when I was twelve."

Lindsay Wagner, American Actress

6

"I think that you get something for your acting from almost anything you do."

"I think that you get something for your acting from almost anything you do."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

6

"I kind of fell into acting.I was very lucky."

"I kind of fell into acting.I was very lucky."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

6

"Acting? No, it is not for me. I would be terrible."

"Acting? No, it is not for me. I would be terrible."

Kim Carnes, American Musician

6

"When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated."

"When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated."

Ralph Nader, American Lawyer

Acting, Neighbors, Strangers

6

"Acting is the perfect idiot's profession."

"Acting is the perfect idiot's profession."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

Acting, Profession

6

"But I'm not objective when I'm acting."

"But I'm not objective when I'm acting."

Laura Innes, American Actress

6

"I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile."

"I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

6

"The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way."

"The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way."

Paul Mazursky, American Actor

Acting, Career, Trying

6

"The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acting. I got into it in college, but I had no interest really in that, in getting up in front of anybody."

"The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acting. I got into it in college, but I had no interest really in that, in getting up in front of anybody."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

Acting, Care, College, Interest

6

"Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll."

"Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll."

Brendan Fraser, American Actor

6

"I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975."

"I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

Acting, School, Writing

6

"We lived and breathed acting."

"We lived and breathed acting."

David Naughton, American Actor

5

"There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting."

"There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting."

James Caan, American Actor

Acting, Actors, Nothing, Talking

5

"Now my drug is writing or acting, being creative."

"Now my drug is writing or acting, being creative."

Scott Caan, American Actor

Acting, Being, Now, Writing

5

"There is no right in acting."

"There is no right in acting."

Frank Langella, American Actor

5

"Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting."

"Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting."

Ellen Terry, English Actress

5

"I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval."

"I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

Acting, Approval, Desire

5

"But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge."

"But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

Acting, Challenge

5

"When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street."

"When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Acting, College, Friends, Law

5

"Acting is very immediate."

"Acting is very immediate."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

5

"Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic."

"Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

5

"But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting."

"But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting."

Frank Langella, American Actor

5

"Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour."

"Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour."

Bret Easton Ellis, American Author

Acting, Writing

5

"It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs."

"It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs."

James Coburn, American Actor

Acting, Desire, First, Jobs

5

"I loved acting when I was doing it, but getting the jobs I didn't understand because I'd never had to do it. That was a difficult lesson for me. It was very humbling and very bizarre."

"I loved acting when I was doing it, but getting the jobs I didn't understand because I'd never had to do it. That was a difficult lesson for me. It was very humbling and very bizarre."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

Acting, Bizarre, Jobs

5

"I don't really look for specific types of projects any more. I'm not taking care of a career anymore. I'm just having fun acting."

"I don't really look for specific types of projects any more. I'm not taking care of a career anymore. I'm just having fun acting."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Acting, Care, Career, Fun

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