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Acting Quotes

"I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing."

"I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing."

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

Acting, College, School, Writing

10

"As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting."

"As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

10

"Acting is a form of confusion."

"Acting is a form of confusion."

Tallulah Bankhead, American Actress

Acting, Confusion

10

"Acting is a matter of giving away secrets."

"Acting is a matter of giving away secrets."

Ellen Barkin, American Actress

Acting, Giving, Secrets

10

"You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera."

"You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

Acting, Class, Want

10

"I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it."

"I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Acting, Kids, Profession, Reality

10

"Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium."

"Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium."

James Denton, American Actor

10

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

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

Mark Goddard, American Actor

10

"When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy."

"When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy."

John Cleese, English Actor

Acting, American, Comedy, Kids

10

"It's well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show."

"It's well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show."

Jimmy Stewart, American Actor

10

"I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on."

"I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on."

Gary Coleman, American Actor

Acting, Desire, Job

10

"There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school."

"There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

Acting, Actors, School

10

"I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer!"

"I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer!"

Natalie Portman, American Actress

Acting, Dying, Now, Space

10

"I started acting before that when I was about 13 or 14."

"I started acting before that when I was about 13 or 14."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

10

"Our leaders are acting like lemmings."

"Our leaders are acting like lemmings."

Jack Herer, American Activist

Acting, Leaders

10

"If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it."

"If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it."

Julie London, American Musician

10

"Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice."

"Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Acting, Focus, Now, Voice

10

"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

10

"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

10

"I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada."

"I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada."

David Ginola, French Athlete

9

"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

9

"I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardless of how complicated it's going to be."

"I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardless of how complicated it's going to be."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

9

"A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me."

"A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me."

Heidi Klum, German Model

9

"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

9

"Acting is very immediate."

"Acting is very immediate."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

9

"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

9

"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.

9

"I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue."

"I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue."

Alec Baldwin, American Actor

Acting, Interest

9

"What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed."

"What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

Acting, Class, Day

9

"Acting scares me."

"Acting scares me."

John Lurie, American Actor

9

"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

9

"I've always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting."

"I've always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting."

Tony Randall, American Actor

9

"I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy acting, but singing I've been doing since I was really young."

"I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy acting, but singing I've been doing since I was really young."

Lindsay Lohan, American Actress

Acting, Singing

9

"I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting."

"I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting."

Jason Statham, British Actor

9

"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

9

"And because performing for a game involves real acting. The way they create a game is very similar now to how they create a film. I've always wanted to stretch my acting skills, and the timing being what it is, I couldn't say no."

"And because performing for a game involves real acting. The way they create a game is very similar now to how they create a film. I've always wanted to stretch my acting skills, and the timing being what it is, I couldn't say no."

Josie Maran, American Model

Acting, Being, Film, Now

9

"I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me."

"I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me."

Ted Lange, American Actor

9

"But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working."

"But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working."

Robert Klein, American Comedian

Acting, Being, Career

9

"Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment."

"Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Acting, Entertainment, Mind, Now

9

"I'm very much looking forward to my 30-40 years of acting, and, as I get older, I'm really looking forward to some of the roles that are out there to play."

"I'm very much looking forward to my 30-40 years of acting, and, as I get older, I'm really looking forward to some of the roles that are out there to play."

Corbin Bernsen, American Actor

Acting, Play, Years

9

"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 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

9

"Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops."

"Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

9

"Earlier, I used to charge territories instead of my fees as an actor, but I realised it was better to keep the two apart. Now, I take my fees in cash, for acting, and keep the distribution thing separate."

"Earlier, I used to charge territories instead of my fees as an actor, but I realised it was better to keep the two apart. Now, I take my fees in cash, for acting, and keep the distribution thing separate."

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

9

"I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?"

"I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?"

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

9

"Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting."

"Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting."

Robin Wright Penn, American Actress

Acting, Actor, Queen

9

"The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting."

"The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting."

Martin Van Creveld, Israeli Historian

Acting, Enemy, Living, Needs

9

"I didn't want to start acting like a cartoon."

"I didn't want to start acting like a cartoon."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

9

"As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director."

"As an actress I find the most enjoyable part of acting is really just to please the director. I just want to please my director."

Joan Chen, Chinese Actress

9

"Acting is acting."

"Acting is acting."

Brent Spiner, American Actor

9

"I did a film once that I was killed in. It was a painful, horrifying day. It was a wonderful day from the standpoint of acting, but I was a wreck otherwise."

"I did a film once that I was killed in. It was a painful, horrifying day. It was a wonderful day from the standpoint of acting, but I was a wreck otherwise."

Leslie Easterbrook, American Actress

Acting, Day, Film

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