- 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
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
- Painter
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- Nov 07, 2020
After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just had fun making the movies - just being on set - but I didn't really care about the acting part.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really wanted to be a spy. I guess it's a bit like acting, where you play a role.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting was just something that came really naturally to me, and it was just something that I knew how to do.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic.
- Create
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from the stage so it was a different kind of acting, or a different arena of acting, and I just loved to do it as a kid. It's really gratifying to get to create these different characters and to get to create different voices and to get to wear different clothes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I need to learn every word on the page before I go in and audition. I have not mastered the skill of holding pages in my hand and acting with pages in my hand. I find that every time I have to look at the page it takes me completely out of the scene.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020