- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first acting class was taught by a little known playwright, David Mamet, who then cast me in my first play, opposite John Malkovich.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting became a powerful tool for change. You had to tell stories that were important to you.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't learn anything about acting until I joined the Group Theatre. They taught me an entirely new approach, an entirely new technique.
- Good Acting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about good acting is asking, how much are you going to reveal and when should you let the viewers' imagination take over?
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm getting out of acting.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started acting... the community was largely Chinese-American or Japanese-American, so even then I felt like a minority in the minority.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very hard to tell an actor, 'Stop acting.' It's easy to tell a non-actor, because they're embarrassed when they act. They get ashamed when they do something cliche, whereas an actor is happy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.
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- Nov 07, 2020