- 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
- Nov 07, 2020
Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is really fickle.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is emotionally draining, so I make it a point to not do anything when I am home.
- Planned
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting was never planned.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not sure for how long I'll stick to this industry. Acting is just a part of my nomadic life.
- Worry
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you worry too much, it shows in your acting, and it ceases to be effortless.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I talked to a lot of people that switched careers. Not necessarily to acting, but switched jobs. The 'becoming a student again' is the thing that always kept coming up.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as acting, I just went in and just started training. It was the first thing I did right when I retired. I just went in and found class, and found people, found the right coaches that could sort of just train me along.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to do Chekhov or Shakespeare. So I switched my major from acting to costume design. Eventually, I got a job working as a wardrobe assistant for a theater company. I would dress the actors, fix their costumes, do the quick changes for them and all that stuff.
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- Nov 07, 2020