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Acting Quotes

"My acting career helped pull me through the rough times."

"My acting career helped pull me through the rough times."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

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"For me, acting is doing."

"For me, acting is doing."

Pierce Brosnan, Irish Actor

5

"Ever since I was a very little girl, I've dreamed of acting."

"Ever since I was a very little girl, I've dreamed of acting."

Eva Herzigova, Czechoslovakian Model

5

"I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting."

"I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Acting, Attention, World

5

"I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing."

"I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

5

"I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera."

"I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

5

"There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them."

"There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them."

Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

Acting, Joy, Will, World

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"To me acting and singing are worlds apart."

"To me acting and singing are worlds apart."

Emmylou Harris, American Musician

Acting, Singing

5

"When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does."

"When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does."

Matt LeBlanc, American Actor

Acting, Drama, World

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"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

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"Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad."

"Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad."

John Corbett, American Actor

Acting, Actors, Bugs, Fame

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"I have no complaints with the whole childhood acting thing, because I wanted to do it."

"I have no complaints with the whole childhood acting thing, because I wanted to do it."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Acting, Childhood, Complaints

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"Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy."

"Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

Acting, Fantasy, Romantic

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

"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

5

"I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate."

"I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

Acting, Now, Wrong

5

"I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately."

"I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately."

Jeffrey Tambor, American Actor

5

"There is no overacting, only untrue acting."

"There is no overacting, only untrue acting."

Stellan Skarsgard, Swedish Actor

5

"One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy."

"One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Acting, Film, Therapy

5

"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

5

"In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films."

"In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Acting, Pleasure

5

"I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find acting is a form of illumination."

"I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find acting is a form of illumination."

Rebecca De Mornay, American Actress

Acting, Healing, Will, Wounds

5

"This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to."

"This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to."

Matt LeBlanc, American Actor

Acting, Tomorrow

5

"I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special."

"I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

Acting, Being, Sense, Shyness

5

"So I think it was to Bryan's credit that he was able to let go of some of those things because you create these scenes and you think you become creative, even I, acting things, you become very creatively taken by it."

"So I think it was to Bryan's credit that he was able to let go of some of those things because you create these scenes and you think you become creative, even I, acting things, you become very creatively taken by it."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

5

"I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler."

"I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

Acting, School, Years

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"Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one."

"Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one."

Paul Newman, American Actor

Acting, Profession

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"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."

"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."

Chris Noth, American Actor

5

"One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America."

"One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America."

Jeff Bridges, American Actor

Acting, America, Childhood, Ending

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"A lot of what acting is paying attention."

"A lot of what acting is paying attention."

Nancy Reagan, American First Lady

Acting, Attention

5

"I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York."

"I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

5

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

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

James Denton, American Actor

5

"You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself."

"You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

5

"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

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"Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere."

"Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

5

"Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this."

"Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

5

"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting."

"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

5

"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

5

"I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball."

"I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Acting, Baseball

5

"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

5

"It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting."

"It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting."

Margaret Hamilton, American Actress

5

"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

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"Acting is constant exploration."

"Acting is constant exploration."

Paul Guilfoyle, American Actor

Acting, Exploration

5

"If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you."

"If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Acting, Chance, Will

5

"The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of which was the Neighborhood Playhouse, which I started at six months there after."

"The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of which was the Neighborhood Playhouse, which I started at six months there after."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

Acting, Months, Night, Schools

5

"Our leaders are acting like lemmings."

"Our leaders are acting like lemmings."

Jack Herer, American Activist

Acting, Leaders

5

"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

5

"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

5

"I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!"

"I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!"

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

5

"I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn't believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons."

"I have a four year old and I'm telling you we did Nickelodeon last night and he embarrassed me. It was like one of those moments when I couldn't believe my kid is acting like this. I just had to just like walk away from him because he was really pushing my buttons."

Nia Long, American Actress

Acting, Moments, Night, Old

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"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."

"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

Acting, Chance, Study, Writing

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