Acting Quotes

Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time. Fiona Shaw
Time Misery Acting
I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do. Forest Whitaker
Think Enough Destiny Would Would-Be See Able Part Supposed Know Well Make Well Enough Trying Wanted Whether Acting Deep Keep Career Kept
I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now. Forest Whitaker
Time Good Try Before Enough Out Would Could Like Sure Felt Continue Years Than Maybe Different If I Could Really Should Acting Figure Even Now Career
That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me. Fran Kranz
Work Love Character Me About Make Roles Different Want Acting Different Roles Playing
I'm trained in the theater, and acting, for me, is about the imaginative life I create for myself, not about basing it on something real. I think that whatever I create becomes the reality for the audience. Frances McDormand
Life Myself Me Reality Whatever Think About Something Audience Becomes Real Trained Theater Create Acting Imaginative
I do find acting cathartic. Francesca Annis
Find Cathartic Acting
I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting. Francesca Annis
Dancer Drifted Always Going Acting
If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business. Frank Cady
You Business People Long Enough Around Hang Acting Show Chance
But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting. Frank Langella
First Seven Piece Did Eight Little Acting Little Piece
There is no right in acting. Frank Langella
Acting Right
Mighty cultures never - are almost never conquered. They crumble from within. And frankly, I think that a lot of Americans are acting like spoiled brats because everything isn't working out perfectly every time. Frank Miller
Time Every Think Every Time Everything Frankly Out Never Spoiled Crumble Almost Perfectly Like Because Within Lot Cultures American Mighty Working Acting Conquered
My acting career began on the streets of New York. When I was a cop, I played many impressive roles, from derelict to a doctor, and my life often depended on my performance. Frank Serpico
Life Doctor My Life Performance New Began Impressive Roles York Often Depended New York Acting Derelict Acting Career Many Cop Streets Played Career
I work on television and I work in film, and the acting is two different things. Frank Vincent
Work Television Different Acting Different Things Film Things Two
Because I'd grown up with this singular focus on sports, I just kind of did that with acting. That became an obsession. How am I going to make it? How am I going to figure that out? Frankie Shaw
Sports Focus Out Kind Obsession Make Became Because How Am Singular Up Did Going Just Just Kind Acting Figure Grown Grown-Up
I decided to take a stab at acting. I entered the American Academy of Dramatic Art, where one teacher told me I'd never make it - I was too tall. Fred Gwynne
Teacher Art Me Too Dramatic Entered Take Never Academy Make Tall American Where Decided Acting
I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To me, acting is pretending, just like kids playing, only you pretend as if it were really, really real. Fred Melamed
Character Me You People Pretending Think Other Way Kids Pretend Wearing Only Like Always Real Were May Just Being Different Regarding Which Moving Really Acting Speaking Coat Different Way Playing
As soon as it stops being fun, then I'll stop acting. Fred Savage
Soon Stop Stops Being Then Acting Fun
The term papers make me more crazy, because they involve more variables I cannot directly control! With acting, I feel more power-like I'm making all the choices. Fred Savage
Me Crazy Control Papers Variables More Directly Feel Term Involve Make Because Making Cannot Choices Acting
Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting. Fred Savage
Me Opportunities Nothing Other Enough Had Step Along Come Most Interesting Acting Found Away
That's the whole reason I got into acting: I don't do this like some grown-ups have to do it, because they have families, and they have to make money. It's not my job. My dad works to support our family. So I just do it for fun. Fred Savage
Family Money Job Just Do It Our Some Support Like Make Because Got Families Just Acting Reason Fun Whole Works Dad Grown-Ups
Going to directing wasn't a reaction away from acting as much as it was a move towards something I always wanted to do. Ever since I was a kid, I was interested in the camera and how it worked and why one director would place it in this part of the room and then another would place it in that part of the room. Fred Savage
Director Kid Would Something Directing Part Towards Since Reaction Another Always How Camera Going Move Wanted Place Interested Room Then Worked Much Acting Why Away Ever
I never got any advice in acting. Fred Willard
Advice Never Got Any Acting
Don't get too set on becoming an actor at an early age. I think that's where some people get into trouble. Acting becomes their life. I don't want that. Freddie Highmore
Life Age People Some People Trouble Think Too Some Becomes Becoming Get Where Want Acting Actor Early Early Age Set
I think in some ways I'm quite lucky to be living in London, there's this certain separation from the movie business. In that way, it's been quite easy to separate acting and going back to a normal life. Freddie Highmore
Life Business Separation Living Think Back Way Ways Easy London Some Been Normal Normal Life Going Quite Movie Movie Business Certain Separate Acting Lucky
Acting. It's the number one thing I love to do. That's why when people ask me what else I'd love to do, I have no answer - this is all I ever wanted to do. Freddie Stroma
Love Me People Else One Thing Answer Wanted Ask Acting Why Ever Thing Number
I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic. Freema Agyeman
School No Idea Point Pursue Had Contacts Idea Academic Because Got How Were Very Just Wanting Acting Actually
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