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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
As children, my siblings and I were actively discouraged from acting. I have no memories of going on set with my parents - aside from 'Gulliver's Travels.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a wayward kid, a rambunctious and angry teenager, but I found acting as a fifteen-year-old.
- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to be very private. It's easier for me. When you're acting, you're very susceptible to comments that somebody makes, so if they know something is going to happen on the show, and they say something, it can actually throw you off. So I tend to not share things with anybody.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in 'Billy,' I always knew that I wanted to do something in performing. I always knew that I wanted to have a future in the performing arts. I had no idea that it was going to be acting in movies.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I found that when I was doing a show on a regular basis and just acting constantly, that was when I was at my happiest.
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- Nov 07, 2020
With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the acting community at Cambridge. It's really quite committed and serious, since the days of Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen right through to Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020