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"But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting."

"But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting."

Frank Langella, American Actor

10

"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

10

"Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting."

"Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting."

Fred Savage, American Actor

Acting, Nothing

10

"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

10

"I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am."

"I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am."

Julie Walters, British Actress

10

"It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all."

"It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all."

Armand Assante, American Actor

Acting, Profession

10

"When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting."

"When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

10

"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

10

"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

10

"Acting is happy agony."

"Acting is happy agony."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

10

"I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting."

"I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting."

Paz Vega, Spanish Actress

10

"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

10

"When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does."

"When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does."

Matt LeBlanc, American Actor

Acting, Drama, World

10

"The thing about acting is you don't want to let on how enjoyable it is or then everybody would want to become an actress. But it really is. It's a pleasure to go and exchange your identity."

"The thing about acting is you don't want to let on how enjoyable it is or then everybody would want to become an actress. But it really is. It's a pleasure to go and exchange your identity."

Gena Rowlands, American Actress

Acting, Identity, Pleasure, Want

10

"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

10

"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."

"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Acting, Actors, Careers, Risk

10

"I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher."

"I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Acting, Night, Old, Public

10

"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."

"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."

Gary Sinise, American Actor

10

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

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

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

10

"There's so much crap talked about acting."

"There's so much crap talked about acting."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

10

"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

10

"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."

"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."

Chris Noth, American Actor

10

"I did theater when I was nine, I think. Nine and ten, and that was just the beginning of my whole involvement in acting, my whole interest. I don't really remember it that well. But it was really fun. I mean, it was exciting just to be on stage in front of an audience. It gives you a different kind of rush."

"I did theater when I was nine, I think. Nine and ten, and that was just the beginning of my whole involvement in acting, my whole interest. I don't really remember it that well. But it was really fun. I mean, it was exciting just to be on stage in front of an audience. It gives you a different kind of rush."

Amanda Seyfried, American Actress

Acting, Beginning, Fun, Interest

10

"Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning."

"Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

10

"I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York."

"I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

10

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

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

Catherine Bell, British Model

10

"I didn't study acting."

"I didn't study acting."

Ray Walston, American Actor

10

"It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting."

"It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

10

"It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting."

"It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting."

Margaret Hamilton, American Actress

10

"Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference."

"Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference."

Vic Mignogna, American Actor

Acting, Difference, Houston

10

"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

10

"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."

"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Acting, Blame, Film, Result

10

"It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else."

"It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else."

Nichelle Nichols, American Musician

9

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

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

Edie McClurg, American Actress

Acting, Profession

9

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

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

David Morse, American Actor

Acting, Pleasure

9

"I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!"

"I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!"

Christine Lahti, American Actress

Acting, Passion

9

"I kind of dwindled into acting."

"I kind of dwindled into acting."

Ron Silver, American Actor

9

"Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?"

"Acting is all about timing. I mean, who has better timing than the MCs?"

Coolio, American Musician

9

"And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way."

"And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way."

Matthew Vaughn, American Producer

Acting, Writing

9

"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

9

"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

9

"I don't know how I could have an acting career with this."

"I don't know how I could have an acting career with this."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

9

"Even though Rush is not me and the situations were very different, I think, in the Rush Limbaugh thing, ESPN was criticized for not acting, and you remember that after a couple days of controversy over Rush."

"Even though Rush is not me and the situations were very different, I think, in the Rush Limbaugh thing, ESPN was criticized for not acting, and you remember that after a couple days of controversy over Rush."

Gregg Easterbrook, American Author

Acting, Controversy

9

"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

9

"Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad."

"Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad."

John Corbett, American Actor

Acting, Actors, Bugs, Fame

9

"Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right."

"Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right."

Mary Mastrantonio, American Actress

9

"The three of us acting was truly one of the best experiences I've ever had. I really look forward to the days when all three of us shoot together, because the sparks really fly."

"The three of us acting was truly one of the best experiences I've ever had. I really look forward to the days when all three of us shoot together, because the sparks really fly."

Jeanne Tripplehorn, American Actress

9

"It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards."

"It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards."

Eamon de Valera, Irish Statesman

9

"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."

"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."

Keith Hernandez, American Athlete

9

"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."

"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."

Frankie Muniz, American Actor

Acting, Learning

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