Top 1200 Good Acting Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

I don't discriminate against straight or gay people in casting; I'm open to good acting.

As I got older, I went to school. I started doing plays, I learned about the craft of acting, and I started to love acting for different reasons. I think I started to love acting because it brought me closer to people and made me more compassionate.

Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically.

There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.

I was on 'Junior Star Search' when I was 10 years old, in the acting category. The adult version of 'Star Search' didn't have an acting category, but for the kids, they had an acting category. It was the strangest thing. It was full blown 1980s, with big hair, mullets, and the whole deal.

I love acting. I think that's the best job in the world, but I don't really enjoy the career of it so much. You don't have as much control over your life or the material as you do, well, certainly when you're a director or a producer, so while I love acting, I prefer to make my living as a filmmaker, but my rule on acting is if somebody asks me to do a part, I'll do it.

Acting is one industry that is very difficult to plan for. I'd like to continue to do good work.

Stop wondering if you're good enough. Know you are, and start acting like it.

People should be good, established people; the filmmaking and acting experience should be heartening. So I chose films where I would get a good experience, not just great roles.

Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play because stuff will happen, right then and there. The audience wants to believe that what's going on is happening for the first time, ever. That's what acting is. That's what good scene writing is.

This is a business that I have always had the last laugh in.It has nothing to do with acting, it has to do with good karma.

I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability.

I will only take up acting if the offer is too good to refuse.

When I moved to Los Angeles to be on the radio, there was an acting school on every corner. You can't be in L.A. and not be into acting.

Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting. And music moves your soul, so music is the source of the most intense emotions you can feel. When you hear a song and you're acting it's incredible. But when you're singing a song and you're acting it's even more incredible.

You don't have that interaction with the audience when you're acting for film; you're kind of acting in a vacuum. You're acting for a disinterested grip who just wants to reply to his wife about what time he'll be home for dinner. Everyone else on a film set is also there because they're paid to be there. They're not there because they're passionate about what you do necessarily.

I was never good at that Disney/Nickelodeon kind of acting. It's not really my cup of tea.

Acting is an incredibly gratifying, creative experience when you're doing it. But in the off-season, you want to scratch that itch, and writing has become that to me. It's a really pure form of creativity. It's good for my mental health in the same way reading books is good for me. It makes the day brighter.

Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in for a hard time.

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

I was blessed with my career. I passionately love acting. And it's given me a good livelihood.

Acting is just something I always knew I wanted to do - acting and writing.

I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.

All I ever wanted to do was be on stage, if possible acting in Shakespeare. And to be as good as I could be.

Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.

My first professional acting job was on 'Boss'. My first acting job was basically my first acting class. I had to show up on set prepared and knowing my lines. Also, I got a chance to work with a living legend, Kelsey Grammar - that gave me hands on experience.

I'm good at observing people, physical stuff, which leant itself to acting.

The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors.

For people who seriously want to get into voiceover acting, clearly the most important thing is that you must be a good actor. That comes first. That's why celebrities get so much work in voiceovers - we've seen their work, we know they're good actors.

I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older.

I don't regret giving up football for acting. I love football and am very proud I played for Morton. But the truth is, I wasn't going to get much higher in football. At the same time, I sensed I could go somewhere in acting. I'm 28, which is young for acting, whereas in football I'd now be near the end of my career.

My whole thing is I want to have a backup plan because maybe I won't get another acting job after 'Fame', maybe I'll want to give up on acting in five years or whatever and I want to have something else that I enjoy just as much as I enjoy acting.

The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive.

After 'Bulbul' released, I've been getting very good acting offers.

I like acting better than anything else, but, you know, directing's good.

Acting-wise, I think I did well in 'Kinatay.' It wasn't talkie, and the acting was intense.

I don't know acting, but I choose good stories and portray emotions according to the story.

Good acting should teach people to understand rather than judge.

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.

The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.

You develop courage by acting courageously whenever you feel like acting otherwise.

I started acting when I was 5 or so. I just did acting for fun, not actually to be an actor.

Acting is technically just lying, so I guess I've been acting since I was about 7.

We aren't, as human beings, very good at acting in our best interest.

I think good acting results when working together in a comfortable environment.

I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

I have no hesitation in taking up more acting assignments if good roles come.

The way I saw it was, if I had the built-in following and the audience, but I also had the skill set of acting, that would shoot me to the top. Because there's so many good actors. There's so many good-looking people. But the X factor now is social media.

The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.

I set a good example with my way of being, eating, acting, speaking.

Ive had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.

Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good.

Acting is like sex, it’s possible if your partner is bad, but it’s better if they’re good.

To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe.

Well, I've been acting for 50 years now, professionally. I've been acting a lot longer. My mother reckons I was acting when I got out of the womb. But because I've been working in the theater, I've probably only done about 25 movies but I've done more than 100 plays.

I didn't want to do comedic acting because I don't think I am very good at it.

I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.

I can't even tell anyone how it feels when I'm acting, I don't mean to say that I don't have to try. But there's something in my heart that explodes, and I feel like I understand. When I'm acting, I feel like so in control and so centered. This is something that I solely get from acting and music. It's like love itself.

Acting is acting at the end of the day. How does it matter if it is in films or on TV?