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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 never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to have another job other than acting.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe acting to be my own journey through connection more than anything else, but that's only my take on it.
- First Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is my first love.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that some actors take acting terribly seriously. I take it seriously in that if someone pays me to do it I know I have to deliver.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That's my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.'
- Nov 07, 2020
I had grown up in a toy shop in Blackpool and then moved to London to do an acting course.
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- Nov 07, 2020