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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
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.
- Mental
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional concept.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said something that mattered. I came up with those people, and I was a kid. Their ethos and credo became mine.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working.
- Occupation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love acting. I want to act as much as I can without interfering with the music.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me. So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sang when I was in primary school, and I did singing at Sylvia Young: no acting at all.
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- Nov 07, 2020