- Doing
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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
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stopped acting a long time ago and my primary career has been producing-directing film.
- Bored
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found at a certain point in my acting career that I was just bored. I had too much energy. I had too many ideas.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is really funny to see people that you know acting unpleasantly just because there are TV cameras on.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started performing, I decided that if in five years I couldn't earn as much money acting as I could as a teacher, it would be unrealistic for me to continue on the stage.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I love most is the art, is making art, acting and being on set, and being a part of the process of making a movie.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know, I don't enjoy the business bit of it at all. Anything that's not the acting. It's all sort of like pulling teeth.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always really respected directors. As much as I was interested in acting, whenever I watched a film, it was always the directing that really stood out to me.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020