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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't become an actor to be famous. I genuinely love acting and never expected to make a penny at it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have so many passions outside of my passion for acting.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left acting for a couple of years to found my company, Wayfarer, and the first project I did was this documentary series I created called 'My Last Days' to remind us that our time is limited and to inspire us to do more and to be the best selves that we can be.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.
- Nov 07, 2020
If the characters are acting true to themselves, then that chemistry and suspense will flow.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I wasn't acting, I would probably be working with children. I was a camp counselor growing up and I loved it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting, musicals, bringing out an album - not many people have done that. Anthony Newley, Barbra Streisand?
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actors have a magic gene within them - I think they're the finest descendants of rogues and vagabonds - and it's all too easily forgotten what the acting legacy is.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting has been gentrified. It's become part of the bourgeoisie. But there was a time when it would be a great scandal if you announced you were going to be an actor.
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- Nov 07, 2020