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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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting wasn't some long-held dream, and it still isn't, really. I'm just trying to make some money and pay the bills.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lived what we call 'stealth' for a number of years. Even when I started acting in the industry, I didn't disclose. I didn't come out. My first job on 'Law & Order' was not a trans role.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not acting, but I am acting.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started playing violin when I was six, so I thought I could be a professional. It wasn't until I was 15 when I got into acting classes and realized this was what I wanted to do.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots of different things, and I think that's the whole fun of it. But I also see it as a buffet in terms of the character.
- Modeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am going to branch out to acting and do more modeling.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did some acting in high school and then a little more in college, and it just was the thing that I felt that I wanted to do more than anything else. And then I was fortunate enough to audition for and get into Yale Drama School right after college, and I spent three years there.
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- Nov 07, 2020