- Dad
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't make a decision not to be married and not to be a mother - life just turned out like that because my involvement in acting was so total.
- Really
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.
- Nov 07, 2020
If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would want the audience to simply see the character I portray in each movie in its true essence because I feel acting is all about truthfully portraying the character.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
My talent is universal, and acting is a craft that can be used anywhere, unless ethnicity comes into play, and then, looks matter.
- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is nothing but reacting, so if your co-stars react in a particular way, it does affect your acting as well.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe Trump isn't a racist in private. But he's sure acting like one in public. And his body language is corroborating the evidence.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, my music career and my acting career - if I want to do them to the extent that I eventually do want to get to, it's going to be a bit of a balancing act. But I'm hoping they'll just go hand in hand.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to sing more than anything - more than acting, even.
- Hard Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is a hard way to make a living, and there's a kind of dark, somewhat seedy side to the whole aspect of fame and celebrity that's not really something I would want for my child - or want him to want, if that makes any sense.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis - huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.
- Good Acting
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- Nov 07, 2020