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"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

15

"In Hitchcock's eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a subtle human being, and he was also the best director I have ever worked with."

"In Hitchcock's eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a subtle human being, and he was also the best director I have ever worked with."

Bruce Dern, American Actor

Acting, Being, Eyes

15

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

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

James Denton, American Actor

15

"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

15

"In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed."

"In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

Acting, Space, Writing

15

"The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself."

"The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

Acting, Moments

15

"We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past."

"We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past."

Tom Wolfe, American Journalist

Acting, Past, Present

15

"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

15

"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."

"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."

Christine Lahti, American Actress

Acting, First, Television

15

"The only thing I like about being an actress is acting."

"The only thing I like about being an actress is acting."

Elizabeth Ashley, American Actress

15

"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

15

"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

15

"Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know?"

"Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know?"

Corbin Bernsen, American Actor

Acting, Parents, Want

14

"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

14

"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

14

"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

14

"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

14

"When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate."

"When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate."

Richard Gere, American Actor

14

"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

14

"A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting."

"A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

14

"Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French."

"Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French."

Sophie Marceau, French Actress

Acting, English, Language

14

"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

14

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

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

Jason Biggs, American Actor

14

"To me acting and singing are worlds apart."

"To me acting and singing are worlds apart."

Emmylou Harris, American Musician

Acting, Singing

14

"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

14

"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."

"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, French Philosopher

Acting, Fact, Respect, Spring

14

"I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting."

"I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting."

Jane Badler, American Actress

14

"In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching."

"In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching."

Robin Tunney, American Actress

14

"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

14

"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

14

"There's a great deal of child left in me and acting is fun. It's a make believe thing."

"There's a great deal of child left in me and acting is fun. It's a make believe thing."

David Canary, American Actor

14

"I don't like acting things; I like feeling things."

"I don't like acting things; I like feeling things."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

Acting, Feeling

14

"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

14

"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."

"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

14

"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

14

"I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting."

"I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

14

"I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred."

"I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

Acting, Law, School

14

"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

14

"Acting is a matter of giving away secrets."

"Acting is a matter of giving away secrets."

Ellen Barkin, American Actress

Acting, Giving, Secrets

14

"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

14

"I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it."

"I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

14

"Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer."

"Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

Acting, Man, Mind

14

"I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting."

"I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

14

"I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working."

"I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

14

"It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved."

"It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved."

Linda Lavin, American Actress

Acting, Dancing, Singing

14

"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

14

"I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen."

"I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen."

Tim Roth, British Actor

14

"I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances."

"I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

Acting, Sentimentality, Trying

14

"Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing."

"Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing."

Elia Kazan, American Director

14

"Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film."

"Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

Acting, Film, Theater

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