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I didn't know anything about acting at all. I was completely green. I got into it to meet people, to try and figure out what I wanted to do.
Courtney B. Vance
People
Try
Meet
Out
About
Know
Got
Green
Wanted
Anything
Acting
Figure
Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy is like ping-pong, and drama is tennis. You take things a bit slower, so you do get to breathe more and take some more time.
Craig Robinson
Time
Me
You
Comedy
Think
Drama
Bit
Slower
Some
More
Take
Tennis
Like
Couple
Said
Get
Breathe
Acting
Teachers
Prepared
Techniques
Things
What's great about acting is that there's never a moment when you're like, 'OK, I got this, I understand this.' You're portraying life, and it's a craft that only gets better with time - kind of like playing a musical instrument: the more you get to play it, the better you are.
Cress Williams
Life
Time
Great
You
Better
Musical
Musical Instrument
OK
Kind
About
More
Only
Never
Like
Instrument
Understand
Got
Get
Craft
Gets
Acting
Moment
Play
Portraying
Playing
Acting was my first love before music.
Crystal Bowersox
Love
Music
First
Before
First Love
Acting
Acting isn't necessarily pretending. It's storytelling. It's giving someone your perspective on something.
Crystal Bowersox
Perspective
Pretending
Giving
Someone
Something
Storytelling
Acting
Your
Necessarily
When I was younger, it was really difficult for me to get acting jobs, because you're a kid and you don't fit in the typical family.
Crystal Lowe
Family
Me
You
Difficult
Typical
Kid
Jobs
Because
Fit
Get
Younger
Really
Acting
I think there's something to be said for being physical in acting.
Crystal Reed
Think
Physical
Something
Said
Being
Acting
I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever considered me for in the '80s. I never objected to that because I love doing comedy, and I'm not the kind of actor that insists that unless you're doing a serious dramatic role, you're not acting.
Curtis Armstrong
Love
Me
You
Comedy
Dramatic
Unless
Considered
Kind
Would
Insists
Foot
Never
No-One
Parts
Because
Least
Doing
Role
Getting
As Far As
Door
Which
Straight
Far
Acting
Serious
Actor
Ever
I started working on stage as a dancer when I was four; by 14 or 15, I knew I wanted to study the craft of acting.
Cush Jumbo
Stage
Dancer
Knew
Study
Craft
Wanted
Working
Acting
Four
Started
My sister Kathleen - one year older - was the school's acting legend. Her thing was getting all the parts, even Tiresias. And I wasn't going to mess with that.
D. B. Sweeney
School
Year
Sister
Legend
Older
Mess
Parts
Getting
Going
Acting
Even
Her
Thing
Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements.
D. W. Griffith
Woman
Old
Young
Stage
Too
Out
Would
Some
Give
Excellent
Take
Had
Part
Supposing
Look
Go
Were
Matured
Wanted
Young Woman
Act
Requirements
Acting
Who
Now
Actress
The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of which was the Neighborhood Playhouse, which I started at six months there after.
Dabney Coleman
Months
Airplane
Neighborhood
New
Looked
Schools
Got
Five
York
Six
New York
After
Which
Next
Acting
Flew
Four
Started
Night
In terms of my actual acting, I don't really like to to copy anyone or replicate anything that I've seen.
Dacre Montgomery
Seen
Like
Terms
Replicate
Anyone
Anything
Really
Acting
Actual
Copy
I went to a school called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. I went because initially I was very naughty, and my mom thought if I was busy, I'd be better. And I didn't really do acting until later on in the school, with an amazing teacher. I left, went traveling, came back.
Daisy Ridley
Teacher
Mom
Better
School
Amazing
Naughty
Thought
Busy
Back
Later
Park
Performing
Performing Arts
Until
Because
Came
Left
Very
Arts
Really
Acting
Initially
Traveling
I sort of got fooled into acting, actually. I never intended to do it.
Dakin Matthews
Fooled
Never
Sort
Got
Intended
Acting
Actually
Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me.
Dakota Fanning
Work
Love
Me
World
Think
Trade
Really
Acting
Fun
I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older.
Dakota Goyo
Older
Until
Lot
Get
Want
Acting
Keep
If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I want to find the positive points.
Damian Lewis
Positive
Character
You
Believe
Bit
Find
Points
Like
Course
Advocacy
Want
Which
Then
Acting
Your
Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
Damian Lewis
You
Experience
Examine
Only
Part
Particular
Because
Isolated
Narrow
Acting
Your
Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
Damon Galgut
You
Writing
Words
Way
About
Individual
Particular
Like
Stunts
Effect
Where
Little
Create
Acting
Use
Pull
When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.
Dan Aykroyd
Writing
Building
Sit
Inventory
Shelf
Up
Just
Scripts
Them
Acting
Even
Keep
We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
Dan Burton
Justice
King
Lost
Same Thing
Congress
President
Approval
Percent
Guy
Rating
He
Like
Involved
Him
Does
Got
His
Dictatorial
Department
Same
Want
Happen
Justice Department
Acting
Your
Dad
Thing
I had a pretty untraditional high school experience. I've been acting since I was very young.
Dan Byrd
Experience
School
Young
High
Pretty
High School
Had
Since
Been
Very
Acting
I've made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn't matter what it is as long as I'm acting.
Dan Castellaneta
Myself
Matter
Made
Long
Kind
Said
Where
Pact
Acting
It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor.
Dan Castellaneta
Character
You
Way
Character Actor
Recognized
Weirdest
Another
Go
Huge
Expect
Huge Star
Did
Just
Happen
Acting
Star
Actor
Thing
I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
Dan Castellaneta
You
Writing
School
College
Down
High
City
High School
Could
Because
Always
Did
Acting
Radio
Reasons
Radio Shows
Shows
Enjoyed
Second
Second City
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