- Life
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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt like the news business was a little rough for me and a little sleazy. So I glided right over into acting.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was real into theater, and then I tried soccer, acting and ballet. Both my parents didn't want a child-star model, so I didn't get into modeling until I was 14.
- Modeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I signed with an acting agent first; I wasn't really interested in signing with a modeling agent. But that same day, they said, 'You should go over to Ford.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of parents of kid actors I've worked with have pressured them into acting, but my parents are different. I'm really lucky to have them because they let me make my own decisions.
- Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I moved to L.A. and joined East West Players, I started acting professionally.
- Press
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to be the best version of me that I can be, whether it's acting or on a personal level.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Natalie Portman's approach to acting demands that she wears her heart on her sleeve so explicitly, the heart becomes the whole garment - a crimson chemise with streaks of blue veins running across it.
- Serious
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stewart's interest in serious acting gives her something in common with Theron - and, like Theron, some of her most provocative work has come through working with women.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ultimate goal is to change Syria's behaviour on a variety of issues - on its interference in Lebanese internal affairs, on its support for Palestinian terrorist groups that oppose the Palestinian Authority, on, most importantly, acting as a land bridge between Iran and Hezbollah, where Hezbollah gets all its arms.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is very physical, even when it doesn't appear to be. It's about the arc of your body's language through a film.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020