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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
I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a cabdriver, a busboy, anything to keep me away from acting for a while.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't discriminate against straight or gay people in casting; I'm open to good acting.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.
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I was born and raised in Queens and moved into the city as a young adult. Then I ended up acting and decided to run off to California.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is somewhat mysteriously taught. There are so many different methods and systems and processes for teaching acting because it will always be an elusive art-form.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal.
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- Nov 07, 2020