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Acting Quotes


"To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before."


"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."


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


"I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue."


"One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career."


"I have to own something before I can say it, and I have to own it before I can sing it as well, emotionally. I only enjoy acting and singing if I am believing what I am doing."


"The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in 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."


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


"There is no acting in a serial. You simply race through the reels."


"One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role."


"I started acting when I was about 18. I was a model for a couple of years before that."


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


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


"Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it."


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


"So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me."


"I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game."


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


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


"I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada."


"I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting."


"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."


"Acting isn't a singular profession, it is a collaborate profession."


"I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary."


"It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with."
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