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Acting Ability Quotes

Honest takes on talent, self-doubt, and unlikely acting careers.

These acting ability quotes are refreshingly self-critical, with more than one performer admitting they're no Acting award contender. One even credits singing, not acting ability, for actually landing the jobs that built their career.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Age
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Nov 07, 2020

My brother was scouted for a commercial when he was three, and it was just because he could speak clearly and was well behaved, basically. I don't think he had any amazing acting ability at that age - although he is actually a great actor.

Quotes by Rose McIver

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

My acting ability would have sent me back to the post office. It was my singing that got me jobs. Ironically, now, people think of me as an actor and don't know me much as a singer.

Quotes by Robert Guillaume

Acting
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Nov 07, 2020

I've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean, I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep.

Quotes by Megan Fox

Acting
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Nov 07, 2020

Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works very well in the boardroom and in the office.

Quotes by Jamey Sheridan

Better
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Nov 07, 2020

Making the AI better in a video game is not like making the AI better in, say, a chess game. Making it better in terms of acting ability - we're basically improving its acting so that the user can have more fun.

Quotes by Hideaki Itsuno

Acting
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm not an outstanding personality, and I'm certainly no beauty. Acting ability is all I've got to trade on.

Quotes by Betty Field

Another take applies the idea outside show business entirely, arguing a lawyer's acting ability matters in the boardroom as much as the courtroom. Together the quotes treat acting ability as something judged unevenly by the people who have it.

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