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Acting Quotes

"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

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"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

47

"Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare."

"Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

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"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

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"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

46

"Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion."

"Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion."

Robert Quillen, American Journalist

Acting, Being, Emotion

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"For me, acting is doing."

"For me, acting is doing."

Pierce Brosnan, Irish Actor

46

"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."

"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."

Monica Bellucci, Italian Actress

46

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

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

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

46

"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

46

"I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you."

"I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you."

Alan Bates, British Actor

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"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

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"I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it."

"I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it."

Rachel Dratch, American Comedian

46

"Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro."

"Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro."

Billy Crystal, American Comedian

46

"A lot of what acting is paying attention."

"A lot of what acting is paying attention."

Nancy Reagan, American First Lady

Acting, Attention

46

"I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared."

"I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

46

"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

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"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

45

"I kind of dwindled into acting."

"I kind of dwindled into acting."

Ron Silver, American Actor

45

"Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as."

"Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as."

Meg Ryan, American Actress

45

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

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

Tony Randall, American Actor

45

"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

45

"Well, I'm never happier than when I'm acting."

"Well, I'm never happier than when I'm acting."

Jason Biggs, American Actor

45

"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."

"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, American Comedian

Acting, Actor, First, Joy

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"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

45

"Acting is very start and stop."

"Acting is very start and stop."

Estelle Parsons, American Actress

45

"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

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"At this point I have no interest in returning to wrestling. I am pursuing my acting career. But I never say never. I enjoyed the three years I was in the wrestling industry."

"At this point I have no interest in returning to wrestling. I am pursuing my acting career. But I never say never. I enjoyed the three years I was in the wrestling industry."

Rita Mero, American Wrestler

Acting, Career, Interest, Wrestling

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"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

45

"But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting."

"But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

Acting, Profession, Teaching

45

"You have to really concentrate on piano or acting. You can't do both."

"You have to really concentrate on piano or acting. You can't do both."

Alicia Witt, American Actress

45

"I was at an acting academy for seven years prior to the trial."

"I was at an acting academy for seven years prior to the trial."

Kato Kaelin, American Celebrity

45

"Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world."

"Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world."

Cyril Cusack, Irish Actor

Acting, Profession, World

45

"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."

"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."

Jimmy Smits, American Actor

Acting, Actors, Minority, Projects

45

"It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes."

"It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes."

Anton Seidl, Hungarian Celebrity

Acting, Artists, Singing, Vitality

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

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

James Denton, American Actor

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"I'm disappointed in acting as a craft. I want everything to go back to Orson Welles and fake noses and changing your voice. It's become so much about personality."

"I'm disappointed in acting as a craft. I want everything to go back to Orson Welles and fake noses and changing your voice. It's become so much about personality."

Spencer Tracy, American Actor

Acting, Noses, Personality, Voice

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"It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."

"It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

Acting, Consequences, Play

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"The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday."

"The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Acting, Job, Yesterday

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"Acting is constant exploration."

"Acting is constant exploration."

Paul Guilfoyle, American Actor

Acting, Exploration

45

"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

45

"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

45

"Finally I had a place where I could express my pain and I felt safe because I didn't have to put my name on it. I think acting kept me alive back then."

"Finally I had a place where I could express my pain and I felt safe because I didn't have to put my name on it. I think acting kept me alive back then."

Lindsay Wagner, American Actress

Acting, Name, Pain

44

"My advice is to make acting your second career choice."

"My advice is to make acting your second career choice."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Acting, Advice, Career, Choice

44

"Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting."

"Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting."

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Acting, Rejection

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"Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world."

"Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world."

Taryn Manning, American Actress

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"I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film."

"I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

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"I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower."

"I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

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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."

"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, American Actor

Acting, Irish, Rebellion, Writing

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"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

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