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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
- Problem
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The problem with acting is that there's really no control. You're at the behest of others.
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Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.
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Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.
- Nov 07, 2020
I make movies for grownups. When Hollywood starts making them again, I'll start acting in them again.
- First Thing
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Before singing, I was acting. I was always more into acting than singing. It was the first thing I always wanted to do.
- First
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I did a lot of stage plays and musicals, and my first proper acting job was on 'Holby City' when I was 15.
- People
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Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent.
- Nov 07, 2020
Wardrobe is - in films, I could say it's a good half of the acting. You get the right rags on, they'll talk for you.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Singing is also like acting, since I memorize my lines, and I sing with emotions, too.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love acting; I don't want to give up on it at all, but it would be nice to step behind the camera once in a while as well.
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- Nov 07, 2020
First of all, the leads aren't the kind of acting work that I like. The parts that are meatier are not the ones that have to have a romance.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
While acting in 'W,' my worries about the way I act settled down. I also discovered another side of myself. It was a turning point.
- Different Kinds
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In Korea, I do different kinds of genres. So, like that, I would like to do a lot of good acting films.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went from off-off Broadway. I would direct plays in Baldwin Hills. Almost Tyler Perry-like, really trying to express myself in that and not really knowing how to, knowing acting in story, but not really knowing how to technically hold a camera.
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- Nov 07, 2020