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"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

4

"One of the joys about acting is researching."

"One of the joys about acting is researching."

William Sanderson, American Actor

4

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Acting, Creation, Instinct, Intellect

4

"If we ever do end up acting just like rats or Pavlov's dogs, it will be largely because behaviorism has conditioned us to do so."

"If we ever do end up acting just like rats or Pavlov's dogs, it will be largely because behaviorism has conditioned us to do so."

Richard Rosen, American Author

Acting, Dogs, End, Will

4

"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

4

"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

4

"This nation loves singing and loves acting."

"This nation loves singing and loves acting."

Kate Smith, American Musician

Acting, Nation, Singing

4

"I've always loved acting with adults versus like the whole High School feel."

"I've always loved acting with adults versus like the whole High School feel."

Alison Lohman, American Actress

4

"Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience."

"Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience."

Brett Somers, Canadian Actress

Acting, Being, Connection

4

"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

4

"Acting has been very useful to me."

"Acting has been very useful to me."

Jane Asher, British Actress

4

"Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career."

"Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career."

Beverley Mitchell, American Actress

Acting, Career, College, Trying

4

"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

3

"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

3

"But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it."

"But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it."

Todd Solondz, American Writer

3

"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."

"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."

David Morse, American Actor

Acting, Pleasure

3

"Louis B. Mayer once looked at me and said, 'You will never get the girl at the end'. So I worked on my acting."

"Louis B. Mayer once looked at me and said, 'You will never get the girl at the end'. So I worked on my acting."

Van Heflin, American Actor

Acting, End, Will

3

"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

3

"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

3

"I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting."

"I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting."

Eddie Albert, American Actor

3

"When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself."

"When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself."

Olivia Wilde, American Actress

Acting, Actor, Energy, Focus

3

"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

3

"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

3

"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

3

"The foundation for film acting is stage acting."

"The foundation for film acting is stage acting."

James Lipton, American Educator

3

"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

3

"You see, I've never really studied acting."

"You see, I've never really studied acting."

Diana Ross, American Actress

3

"I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me."

"I like to say that I didn't choose acting - acting chose me."

Ving Rhames, American Actor

3

"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

3

"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

3

"Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting."

"Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting."

George Sanders, American Actor

3

"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap."

"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap."

Cynthia Heimel, American Writer

Acting, Being, Doubt, Earth

3

"When I get to my deathbed, I don't want to take my last breath and say, Well, how glorious. I've left the world my acting credits. I won't even think that."

"When I get to my deathbed, I don't want to take my last breath and say, Well, how glorious. I've left the world my acting credits. I won't even think that."

Lesley-Anne Down, British Actress

Acting, Want, World

3

"I've made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn't matter what it is as long as I'm acting."

"I've made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn't matter what it is as long as I'm acting."

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

3

"I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me."

"I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me."

Emma Watson, British Actress

Acting, Fact, Press

3

"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

3

"I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up."

"I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

3

"I'm not sure that acting is something for a grown man to be doing."

"I'm not sure that acting is something for a grown man to be doing."

Steve McQueen, American Actor

3

"I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly."

"I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly."

Ian Mckellen, English Actor

Acting, Being, Fact, Play

3

"At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?"

"At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?"

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

3

"So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things."

"So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

Acting, Film, Mistakes

3

"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

3

"And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on."

"And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

Acting, Production

3

"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."

"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Acting, Hell, Talking, Teachers

3

"The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved in the murder of the President of the United States-even if they weren't acting on behalf of the Agency when they did it."

"The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved in the murder of the President of the United States-even if they weren't acting on behalf of the Agency when they did it."

Jim Garrison, American Public Servant

Acting, Employees, Murder, President

3

"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

3

"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

3

"I had never done any serious acting before, but I decided that it was a chance that I should take."

"I had never done any serious acting before, but I decided that it was a chance that I should take."

Helena Christensen, Danish Model

3

"If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing."

"If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing."

Ingrid Bergman, Swedish Actress

3

"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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