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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
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For me writing and acting all comes out of the same place, a compulsion to review and connect to something. For me they are more similar than different.
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My mom wouldn't let me do child acting.
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When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.
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When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.
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I studied acting at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh because I figured a good comedian certainly could act.
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A lot of film acting is about being casual.
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A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting.
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I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then.
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Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.
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