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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.
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- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the acting all dries up, I won't be going there - either to the police force or to the church. I'll have to think of something else!
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There wasn't really anything I wanted to do other than acting, which is ridiculous because there were no actors in my family, and we didn't know anything about acting.
- Old
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A few nights ago I went to a Hollywood screening of a small independent film made by Sally Kirkland, an old friend of mine who also did terrific job acting in it. There were other actors in it and they were all terrific.
- Singing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of what you do in acting, and for the most part singing and dancing and everything, is trial and error. It's all about just seeing what works, and if it does, to use it, and if not, to throw it away.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of acting on the first 'Halloween', it didn't really apply to my eventual work, working with actors.
- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years.
- Camera
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.
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It's funny, when you become an actor and you're successful, they don't want to talk about acting any more. 'Hey let's talk about that stuff you were fired from.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it's kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an acting class, which was very, very nerve-wracking... my stomach would just be in knots.
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After I did television, I just felt I didn't have any more to give to the medium. And so I went back to the theatre and started directing and producing, and found I enjoyed it as much, if not more, than acting.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first film was with Cuba Gooding Jr, 'The Fighting Temptations,' and I had a little part here and there on little shows as guest stars. And I've taken acting classes.
- Nov 07, 2020