Acting Quotes
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"I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not."
Quote by -Catherine Deneuve
"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting."
Quote by -Oliver Goldsmith
"But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance."
Quote by -Bo Jackson
"I didn't really get comfortable until I got to UCLA, and I had to take an acting course because I was studying theater arts."
Quote by -Carol Burnett
"I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?"
Quote by -Cameron Diaz
"The British are so incestuous. They pass around partners like they're passing popcorn at a movie."
Quote by -Cameron Diaz
"One of the great things about being an actor is that you do get to indulge in someone else's life."
Quote by -Cameron Diaz
"Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building."
Quote by -Dean Smith
“The most natural privilege of man, next to the right of acting for himself, is that of combining his exertions with those of his fellow-creatures, and of acting in common with them.”
Quote by -Alexis de Tocqueville
I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living.
Quote by -Macaulay Culkin
Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see.
Quote by -Macaulay Culkin
As actors you have this trait to imitate very easily. I don't want to imitate anything or limit myself of finding this creature, this woman because I'm looking at magazines and I'm reading comics, and I'm asking people that are avid readers of The Guardians.
Quote by -Zoe Saldana
All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'
Quote by -Whoopi Goldberg
Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.
Quote by -Whoopi Goldberg
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Quote by -Will Durant
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
Quote by -William Seward
My favourite performances are by actresses like Bette Davis in 'All About Eve' or Gena Rowlands in pretty much anything - performances that have nothing to do with age.
Quote by -Winona Ryder
I can see it in even great actors' performances, when they're phoning it in.
Quote by -Winona Ryder
When I'm acting well, it's the most exhilarating experience. When I'm bad, it's miserable.
Quote by -Winona Ryder
Apparently, Bette Davis and a lot of actresses had a hard time in their 30s, too.
Quote by -Winona Ryder
For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.
Quote by -Winona Ryder
As an actress, you want to try new things. You don't want to repeat yourself. That becomes more important to you, as you get older.
Quote by -Winona Ryder
As an actress, you go where the stories are. I don't really care where it's seen, at this point. I just want to tell good stories and do good roles that I haven't done before.
Quote by -Winona Ryder
What's awful about being famous and being an actress is when people come up to you and touch you. That's scary, and they just seem to think it's okay to do it, like you're public property.
Quote by -Winona Ryder
I'm one of those actors who is going to come in with 2,500 ideas. You can shoot down 2,499, but one of them you're going to like.
Quote by -Woody Harrelson
I always wanted to do dramas. Ever since I was young, I wanted to be in a role where I could play a prostitute or a drug addict, because it's nice to be able to portray someone who is so far from you, which I love.
Quote by -Vanessa Hudgens
I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.
Quote by -Vanessa Hudgens
God's grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.
Quote by -T. D Jakes
War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.
Quote by -Thomas Hobbes
It's true; I have a skill and it's... it has not related to acting, it's not related to auditions, it's not related to studios, not related to public whim. It's whether I'm funny or not and whether I can entertain people.
Quote by -Tim Allen
Matt Damon is a great actor, and he's from Boston, so we've got a few things in common. I've seen him throw a football, though. He definitely needs to work on that.
Quote by -Tom Brady
Seriously, I would go in a second. I'd be the first actor in space and I'd love to do it.
Quote by -Tom Cruise
The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.
Quote by -Tom Cruise
The bad thing about being with an actor is that the role he's in stays with him all the time. The good thing about being with an actor - well, I can't think of any good thing.
Quote by -Sally