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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
- Couple Years
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to college and got my degree in acting, but because it was all theater, I really consider my first couple years on 'Mad Men' as amazing training for working in television and for acting on-camera.
- Skills
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're shooting at 9 A.M. at a club, you have to use all of your acting skills.
- Weird
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always fun messing around with costumes and stuff. You know there is an element of acting that you've got to dress-up; that's part of it.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I did end up trying out several different fields before committing to acting, I knew in the deepest part of heart that I wanted to be an actress.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my dad's rebellion is that he's super accepting - I mean, he, like, encouraged me to drop out of university. And to do acting.
- Good Grades
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need good grades because I want to go on to do A-Levels. I'm just not sure yet about whether I will go to university, because I really want to see what happens with the acting.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting.
- Calculating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways that were obviously against their own interests.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020