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Acting Quotes

"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

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"To me acting is like a jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle is of the sky and all the pieces are blue. Out of this you have to create a human being and put it together."

"To me acting is like a jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle is of the sky and all the pieces are blue. Out of this you have to create a human being and put it together."

Henry Winkler, American Actor

Acting, Being, Sky

14

"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

14

"We lived and breathed acting."

"We lived and breathed acting."

David Naughton, American Actor

13

"If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl."

"If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl."

Peter Sarsgaard, American Actor

Acting, Circumstances

13

"Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other."

"Acting and modeling have nothing to do with each other."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Acting, Nothing

13

"I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval."

"I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

Acting, Approval, Desire

13

"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

13

"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

13

"I loved acting when I was doing it, but getting the jobs I didn't understand because I'd never had to do it. That was a difficult lesson for me. It was very humbling and very bizarre."

"I loved acting when I was doing it, but getting the jobs I didn't understand because I'd never had to do it. That was a difficult lesson for me. It was very humbling and very bizarre."

Mariel Hemingway, American Actress

Acting, Bizarre, Jobs

13

"I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit."

"I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit."

John Hurt, British Actor

Acting, Cowboys, Party

13

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

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

Shirley Knight, American Actress

13

"Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting."

"Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Acting, Battle, Forget

13

"I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along."

"I didn't want to be seen as just a guy on a list. I'm interested in good scripts, scripts that are about something, scripts that move your acting along."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

13

"And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice."

"And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice."

Edward James Olmos, American Actor

Acting, Vice, Years

13

"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."

"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Acting, Actors, Nothing, Talk

13

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

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

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

13

"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."

"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."

Harry Shearer, American Actor

13

"You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is."

"You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is."

Martin Mull, American Actor

13

"Acting is what happens on the way."

"Acting is what happens on the way."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

13

"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

13

"Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking."

"Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking."

Sean Penn, American Actor

Acting, Man, Walking

13

"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

13

"I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing."

"I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

Acting, Friends

13

"It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting."

"It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

13

"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

13

"Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody."

"Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody."

Jane Asher, British Actress

Acting, Being, End, Silly

13

"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

13

"I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself."

"I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself."

James Franco, American Actor

Acting, Effort, Painting, School

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations."

"I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations."

Alfred Molina, English Actor

Acting, Film, Living, Theater

13

"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

13

"Acting is way of making yourself exist."

"Acting is way of making yourself exist."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

13

"A lot of what acting is paying attention."

"A lot of what acting is paying attention."

Nancy Reagan, American First Lady

Acting, Attention

13

"Acting is always a challenge."

"Acting is always a challenge."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Acting, Challenge, Robert Downey, Jr.

13

"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

13

"I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying."

"I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying."

Kristanna Loken, American Actress

Acting, Job, Years

13

"When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize."

"When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize."

Cindy Margolis, American Model

13

"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

13

"Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same."

"Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same."

Shelley Duvall, American Actress

13

"This nation loves singing and loves acting."

"This nation loves singing and loves acting."

Kate Smith, American Musician

Acting, Nation, Singing

13

"I'm not as focused on my acting career as I have been in the past."

"I'm not as focused on my acting career as I have been in the past."

Harry Hamlin, American Actor

Acting, Career, Past

13

"Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes it doesn't look as if I'm doing that."

"Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes it doesn't look as if I'm doing that."

Perry Como, American Musician

Acting, Body, Coaches, Hollywood

12

"I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old."

"I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old."

Megan Gallagher, American Actress

Acting, Living, Old, Parents

12

"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

12

"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

12

"I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers."

"I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers."

Siegfried Sassoon, English Poet

Acting, Soldiers

12

"I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent."

"I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent."

Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Italian Actress

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