- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting Quotes
Acting is doing, not just saying lines.
These quotes frame acting as something physical and behavioral rather than purely verbal - even listening counts as acting when something real is happening underneath it. One entry traces a path into the craft through local community theater. Related reading in Doing Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Looking Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very much looking forward to my 30-40 years of acting, and, as I get older, I'm really looking forward to some of the roles that are out there to play.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know?
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know how I could have an acting career with this.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting means nothing unless it's truth. And honesty.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that I needed to do something that I desperately loved. There was a period where I did question if it was acting because I knew that I would be making things hard on myself. I knew that there was going to be a little bit of a hullabaloo because of my dad being who he is and all that.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were points I wanted to stop acting. We got so busy and didn't get to see our friends a lot, and I was like, 'Wow, I'm kind of over this.' But then we started really having fun on 'The Suite Life.'
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was having a dilemma whether I wanted to return to acting at all because I was coming from this sort of agency-less childhood career, and I'd never made the choice to go into acting.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I took a break from acting for a little bit, came back, and didn't know how it was going to be, but I had so much fun. I really had, like, a reinvention, a renewal.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My background with acting is deeply interwoven with my family life and my childhood. It's a 'Peter Pan'-like narrative, something that was golden but could also be a bit dubious.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on set is the thing I love the most, and a lot of the things that come alongside acting and entertainment are the things I despise, to be quite honest.
- Nov 07, 2020
I sort of fell into acting.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied acting throughout high school, then modelling took over because it brought more opportunity. When I quit modelling, coming back to Vancouver, I registered at the University of Victoria.
- Nov 07, 2020