A Quote by Paul Guilfoyle

The worst acting is about imitation.

Paul Guilfoyle

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Paul Guilfoyle
American - Actor
Born: April 28, 1955

Bad acting, like bad writing, has a remarkable uniformity, whether seen on the French, German, or English stages; it all seems modeled after two or three types, and those the least like types of good acting. The fault generally lies less in the bad imitation of a good model, than in the successful imitation of a bad model.

George Henry Lewes

Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself.

Judith Butler

Religion is not an imitation of Jesus or Mohammed. Even if an imitation is good, it is never genuine. Be not an imitation of Jesus, but be Jesus, You are quite as great as Jesus, Buddha, or anybody else. If we are not ... we must struggle and be. I would not be exactly like Jesus. It is unnecessary that I should be born a Jew.

Swami Vivekananda

Acting is not about competing. Acting is about cooperating. Acting is about collaboration. It's about your utility, your usefulness, your capacity to add to the work that has already been done and will be done. You're just part of a team. I never feel competitive about acting.

Harrison Ford

Acting is all about being truthful. I'm really bad at lying. I'm one of the worst liars I know.

Dane DeHaan

Acting is telling the truth under imaginary circumstances. I cannot think of a worse way to describe acting. Also, I'm the worst liar ever.

Emma Watson

Imitation has to be avoided. Understanding should be the only law, never imitation.

Rajneesh

Imitation is a caricature. Any imitation. Find out for yourself.

Vladimir Horowitz

I have done some formal acting training, because I sucked at acting when I first got to Los Angeles. I'm still one of the worst actors and auditions out there.

Eric Andre

Imitation pleases, because it affords matter for inquiring into the truth or falsehood of imitation, by comparing its likeness or unlikeness with the original.

John Dryden

When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.

Walter Darby Bannard

Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer-so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible.

Tom Bissell

Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation

Thomas Gainsborough

When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human being to repeat what is learned without experiencing it.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

An imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation.

Henry Ford

I definitely worked really hard to evoke Frankie Valli, but not do a strict imitation, because I feel that a strict imitation is not as compelling to watch.

John Lloyd Young

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