- Mysterious
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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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had given up on acting because I would go for auditions every day, but nothing would happen.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, I thought I was getting bored of acting, so I left that. Then after a few years, I started missing it. I left my studies mid-way, and I used to give lots of auditions.
- Hobby
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- Nov 07, 2020
After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I began acting, my biggest fear was whether the audience will appreciate the kind of films I do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Malayalam, I can improvise, and acting is easy because I think in Malayalam, but for 'Velaikkaran,' I had to prepare for a role, which is a first for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was a huge fan of 'Dirty Dancing.' I couldn't quite get a break, and she was like, 'Patrick Swayze was a dancer!' And Fred Astaire. I started dancing, and it led me to acting. It helps with fighting or whatever choreography in general.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some lucky people can be funny without half trying because they actually look funny, because acting funny is in their bones - fun as funny, not funny as crude slapstick.
- Nov 07, 2020
At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
- Found
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never found acting that difficult.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020