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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of actors think they can't be happy without the acting... But I think I couldn't be happy with it anymore.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to intellectualize about my acting. I don't sit around and study the pages of a script over and over again.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was real.
- Different Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making a pretty picture, an image, is a completely different thing from acting to camera.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing about acting is you don't want to let on how enjoyable it is or then everybody would want to become an actress. But it really is. It's a pleasure to go and exchange your identity.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When doing films, ones acting skills are polished, and the actor delivers a better performance.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Numerous academic studies have shown that amateur investors make poor traders - buying stocks for the wrong reasons, holding losers for too long, and acting on whims and emotions.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started acting when I was seven, and I didn't get my first role till I was nine. So for two years, I was just auditioning.
- Nov 07, 2020