Best 3782 quotes in «acting quotes» category

Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.

Being pro-life doesn't save babies, acting pro-life does.

Being yourself; not acting. You therefore can function near your own level of competence. Satisfy you own expectations rather than those of others.

Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.

Believing in yourself you gain confidence, which allows you to relax. Relaxation is one of the most important parts about acting.

Believe it or not, I kind of went into professional wrestling so I could get an avenue into acting.

Ben Affleck inspired me and reignited my love for acting and filmmaking. It was a big part of getting me to a place where I felt inspired to make my own movie.

Besides acting which is my first love, I am also interested in behind the scenes.. Directing , writing and producing.

Bette Davis in All About Eve was huge for me. Her acting was staggering.

Between 18 and 26 I acted professionally, on the stage and a little bit on television. Acting is okay, but it's quite pressurized. Then I went to England - I wanted to reinvent myself.

Bette Davis had a phrase that called it "cigarette smoking acting" .

Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma or a hideous dream.

Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops.

BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that prevents the buildup of fanaticism.

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?

Both singing and acting are so rewarding that I couldn't pick between the two.

Brands need to take the phrase 'acting like a publisher literally.

British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used to the angle from which the Americans, and certainly the young guys from LA, are coming at it, that I think it's interesting for them to find these English actors who maybe approach acting from a different place.

Bruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts.

Business fits me best. The only reason I went into modeling originally was to help out my family, because I knew that money gave you freedom. I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business, which is where I am now.

Businesses acting as businesses, not as charitable donors, are the most powerful force for addressing the pressing issues society face(s)

But acting is my main profession so it's about finding the right balance. I don't know how, if I went any further with the music, I would manage to do both - I would have to take time off from acting because I couldn't do both at same time. I could do six months on and six months off perhaps. But I'm really proud of the record. I've worked on it for a while and I'm really glad to finally get the album out, having done three EPs prior to its release.

But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about.

But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge

But it's healthy - whatever you can do to keep you fresh and awake. Acting's such a ridiculous job and sometimes you need to look at it like that to get a sort of degree of freshness.

But I'm not objective when I'm acting.

But we make such mistakes all the time, all through our lives. Wisdom, I suppose, is seeing this and acting upon it before it is too late. But it is often too late, isn't it? - and those things that we should have said are unsaid, and remain unsaid for ever.

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman

But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day

But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.

But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.

But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.

By acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.

By acting in a positive, pleasant and optimistic way, you become a positive, optimistic and enjoyable person.

By looking at autistic kids, you can't tell when you're working with them who you're going to pull out, who is going to become verbal and who's not. And there seem to be certain kids who, as they learn more and more, they get less autistic acting, and they learn social skills enough so that they can turn out socially normal.

By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.

By thinking and acting affirmatively in this minute, you will influence the hour, the day, and in time, your entire life.

By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career.

By the way, everybody approaches acting differently. Like, I'm kind of sloppy and I like it kind of loose. I like to kind of play around. Some people don't.

By understanding how all things arise together, you shift from viewing yourself as acting upon and realizing all things, to a new vision of seeing all things coming forth and realizing you.

Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

Caregiving requires the intention of love, caretaking requires the intention of fear. Not acting in anger when you are angry requires the intention of love.

Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

Chloë Moretz as Carrie has an inherent amount of charisma, the camera loves her, she's been acting since she's five, she's a total pro, she knows her instrument. I took her on this phenomenal journey from a confident child star who has the great privileges of a family who loves her, great success, and huge confidence, to a wounded woman who had to gain her confidence back and desperately wanted love and acceptance.

Chicago theater vs. New York theater. There's just nothing to say about it really. If you've seen Chicago theater, you know that the work is true to what is there on the page. It's not trying to present itself with some sort of flashy, concept-based thing. It's about the work, and it's about the acting you're about to watch. So acting-based theater feels like it was born there to me.

Children are like TV sets. When they start acting weird, whack them across the head with a big rubber basketball shoe.

Children at certain ages have distinct actions, and boys at certain ages have a particular way of acting too.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.