- Nature
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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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope to be acting until I am 90.
- Neighbor
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- Nov 07, 2020
We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually ninety-nine percent of my acting has nothing to do sci-fi or fantasy, I consider it a good part of my acting, and enjoy the roles I play.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into modeling first, then acting came along pretty soon, and I landed my first role in a Korean drama without education, without any acting experience whatsoever.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing there, and I'd begun to write a little bit.
- Ethos
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- Nov 07, 2020
When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting jobs. As I got more jobs, I was able to make my own films. That ethos of making my own work has provided me with a lot of opportunities.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.
- Animal
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in college, the first thing we did in acting class was to observe an animal at the zoo and become that animal. So I picked a wallaby.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you really get it right in acting, it's an act of empathy. You feel less distant from others, and that is really exciting.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I was working nine to five, acting would be my hobby... I always feel like maybe I should do an Open University degree. But I'm never going to.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've worked in supermarkets, put tags in baseball caps and provided security during Wimbledon, but I never thought acting would be something I'd be any good at, or make a living from.
- Nov 07, 2020