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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
Acting is not my primary drive in life, although I'd be a very unhealthy person without it.
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I'd trained at the University of Washington and had a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.
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Acting is always something I thought I could do, and I thought I would be pretty good at it, but I thought that I missed the opportunity, that it was too late.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2012, Hillary Clinton's State Department, acting through its ambassador, Mari Carmen Aponte, threatened to withhold critical development aid unless El Salvador passed a major privatization law.
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I've been acting professionally since I was 24, and it's the only job I've ever done.
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The only reason why you should do a film is because it creatively carbonates you and gets you going. If you're doing it for any other reason, you've lost sight of why you're acting in the first place.
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Ingrid Bergman made an enormous impression on me. I couldn't imagine where that kind of acting talent came from.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting in 'Command & Conquer 3' called for me to interact with the player and to look directly into the camera, which is a big no no when filming for TV or film.
- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is my job.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting job can create a fantasy or stereotype for others. That's why we try not to show our personal lives so much.
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I was on 'Junior Star Search' when I was 10 years old, in the acting category. The adult version of 'Star Search' didn't have an acting category, but for the kids, they had an acting category. It was the strangest thing. It was full blown 1980s, with big hair, mullets, and the whole deal.
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- Nov 07, 2020