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"Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice."
Janine Turner
"Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice."
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"I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!"
Gloria Stuart
"I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!"
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"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
"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."
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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."
Judy Holliday
"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."
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"If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl."
Peter Sarsgaard
"If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl."
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"My advice is to make acting your second career choice."
Amber Tamblyn
"My advice is to make acting your second career choice."
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"That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn."
Parminder Nagra
"That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn."
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"A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me."
Heidi Klum
"A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me."
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"Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways."
Jennifer Capriati
"Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways."
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"I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by."
Edie Falco
"I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by."
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"It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being."
Conrad Veidt
"It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being."
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"Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor."
Casey Kasem
"Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor."
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"When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate."
Richard Gere
"When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate."
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"But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with."
John Cleese
"But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with."
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"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
"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."
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"As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school."
Megan Gallagher
"As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school."
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"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
"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."
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"Acting scares me."
John Lurie
"Acting scares me."
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"Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me."
Amy Smart
"Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me."
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"I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am."
Julie Walters
"I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am."
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"It's fun being able to suit up and go and kick butt and not have to worry about memorizing dialogue. It's a whole different way of acting because you're not depending on the words at all, you're really depending on everything else that you have."
Kelly Hu
"It's fun being able to suit up and go and kick butt and not have to worry about memorizing dialogue. It's a whole different way of acting because you're not depending on the words at all, you're really depending on everything else that you have."
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"I've always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting."
Tony Randall
"I've always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting."
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"I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy acting, but singing I've been doing since I was really young."
Lindsay Lohan
"I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy acting, but singing I've been doing since I was really young."
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"I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me."
Tom Berenger
"I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me."
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"Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?"
Coolio
"Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?"
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"A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting."
Alan Ladd
"A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting."
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"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."
Lance Henriksen
"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."
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"Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French."
Sophie Marceau
"Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French."
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"I'm not done with acting but do find my hands full with my current responsibilities. Soon, sometime soon."
Christopher Knight
"I'm not done with acting but do find my hands full with my current responsibilities. Soon, sometime soon."
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"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."
Mira Sorvino
"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."
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"I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators."
Andrew Cuomo
"I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators."
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"I don't know how I could have an acting career with this."
Connie Sellecca
"I don't know how I could have an acting career with this."
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"My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works."
Devon Werkheiser
"My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works."
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"To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe."
Kelly McGillis
"To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe."
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"The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready."
Steve Martin
"The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready."
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"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."
Monica Bellucci
"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."
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"Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court."
Dean Cain
"Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court."
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"The worst acting is about imitation."
Paul Guilfoyle
"The worst acting is about imitation."
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"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
"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."
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"More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic."
Simone Weil
"More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic."
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"I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first."
Kurt Cobain
"I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first."
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"My acting is still being recognized for the fact that I wasn't nominated."
Eva Longoria
"My acting is still being recognized for the fact that I wasn't nominated."
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"I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging."
Eli Wallach
"I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging."
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"The three of us acting was truly one of the best experiences I've ever had. I really look forward to the days when all three of us shoot together, because the sparks really fly."
Jeanne Tripplehorn
"The three of us acting was truly one of the best experiences I've ever had. I really look forward to the days when all three of us shoot together, because the sparks really fly."
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"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
"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."
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"Acting is what happens on the way."
Mira Sorvino
"Acting is what happens on the way."
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"It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards."
Eamon de Valera
"It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards."
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"I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices."
Lacey Chabert
"I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices."
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"Acting is very start and stop."
Estelle Parsons
"Acting is very start and stop."
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"It's a living, breathing thing, acting."
Frank Langella
"It's a living, breathing thing, acting."
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