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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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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.
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Whenever I start an acting job and talk to my fellow actors, and I tell them I am from Nottingham, they guess I'm from the Workshop, it's so well known.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mostly did musicals and concerts when I was younger, and then I realized I don't quite have the voice for it, so I went into acting, which I enjoy more.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up performing and singing. And acting, the idea of it just sort of fell into my lap. And I was a little hesitant at first, but I was like, 'Okay, I'll try it.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a theater program the summer of my junior year, and that's when I really fell in love with the craft of acting. It became more about the craft and less about being a working actor.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school. I wanted to play ball; I'm going after a basketball scholarship and be a doctor. I got injured and my marks began to drop.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth in acting is that we are all hired help. We are a commodity. There is no difference between being an actor and pork bellies.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in control of things happening in my aviation career. And I'm not in my acting career.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought my acting career was going to just last forever - and I didn't plan on it ending at 41, 42 years of age.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.
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