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It is said that anyone who does commercial cinema is not acting, and anyone who does an art film is ... BIPASHA BASU I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether i...
CHARLES DURNING I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse yo...
CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON
I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not goin... GAIL SHEEHY
Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinem... MICHAEL CAINE
I wish I could describe anything I do as conscious or strategized. To be honest, in acting, you have... EDDIE REDMAYNE The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think ...
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DEBBIE ALLEN On some level, acting is the art of pretend, and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagi...
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The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for ... ADAM DRIVER The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a cam...
ERNEST BORGNINE
No matter how much you rehearse on that stage, once you add 30,000 screaming people with flashing ca... LADY GAGA I started writing when I started acting professionally because, with acting, there's so much tim...
FINN WITTROCK
I try to not think too much about how stuff gets seen as it's being done by a woman. Because if ... CHRISTINE QUINN I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. ...
CALLAN MCAULIFFE
It's all choreographed; it's a routine. So I told everyone I really wanted to try fighting i... MICHELLE YEOH Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is n...
DAVID IVES
Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The ac...
DON JOHNSON The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
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MARGARET HAMILTON
Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting... CHRISTOPHER LEE
You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don't have much time... HECTOR ELIZONDO
If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my p... ANTHONY HOPKINS
I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. ... MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
There are a lot of options when it comes between music and acting. For me, because I'm so passio... CHRISTINA MILIAN Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find your...
LAURENCE GONZALES I'm a happy member of the church. I'm proud of it and defend it. It makes me bold and gives ...
CATHERINE HICKS Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't ...
CHARLES DURNING
With acting, the last thing you do is try to look pretty. Modeling actually makes acting harder - it... CARA DELEVINGNE I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other ...
RACHEL MINER
To be honest, there are so many things I learned in acting school beyond the method; it was a safe p... JANE LEVY
Well, for me, the real excitement of doing physical things in films, whether you're talking abou... BENJAMIN BRATT What I try to do often when I'm acting and what I like when I'm seeing good acting is how au...
ALEX KARPOVSKY
I mean, theater acting for me is the true form. It's the real place where you learn, the place where... DOMINIC MONAGHAN Yeah, I think that a play is a huge commitment, and I think that what it requires of you is a lot, s...
YUL VAZQUEZ Live-action is more fun for me, because you're acting with people. When you do voice-acting, man...
BEN SCHWARTZ The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky...
EDDIE MARSAN In acting, you can't do things for the money. You've got to do a project because you like it...
CHARITY SHEA For me, acting goes to a special place; it's almost mystical. You have to let go of what you thi...
JULIETTE BINOCHE
You can survive tough situations and even turn them to your advantage by acting as if you are the pe... BERNIE SIEGEL It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get...
MIRANDA OTTO
With acting, you have to depend on somebody else to decide if you are allowed to work. You can spend... TANA FRENCH This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately i...
RADHA MITCHELL You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.
STAN GETZ It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN
You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing els... WENTWORTH MILLER
When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's mo... CINDY MARGOLIS Regarding green screen, green screen is really like doing some stage work. You have to make believe ...
BENICIO DEL TORO
Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions... MICHELLE PFEIFFER Music turned to digital, and suddenly you had the possibility to make things louder than loudest, wh...
GEDDY LEE Miss Fontanne and I rehearse all the time. Even after we leave the theater, we rehearse. We sleep in...
ALFRED LUNT
Acting is not glamorous. It's not. Anybody who wants to get into acting for the glamour is in fo... EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI
What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL
It's easy for me to play bad guys because it's a very linear acting. Bad guys aren't emp... HENRY ROLLINS
He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL
If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it... CRAIG GROESCHEL
If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is ea... JOHN LITHGOW Acting is a piece of canvas, you are the brush and the possibilities are limitless.
ROSE B MASHIGO What's nice about acting is that you're not just left with yourself all the time, but you ge...
EVAN RACHEL WOOD If you want to be an actor, you have to do it because you love acting, not because you want to be a ...
ALFONSO RIBEIRO I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, '...
TAYLOR SCHILLING If you're blindly loyal to me, then you're just acting like a crony of mine. If you say you ...
JAMIE DIMON
Just because we're on schedule is no reason to shoot bad acting. Someone once said to me, 'Y... DEBRA WINGER
You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the t... PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
Very few things are totally devoid of any possibility of humor. If you are aware of that possibility... TOM DRURY Time is so important.'so spend time doing something that you love.' make the most of it and Let the ...
NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO
How to get it, I annoy you???You are not interested???
What's the idea???
DEYTH BANGER I am single. Acting can make it hard to have profound relationships if you're not careful. You g...
TOM HOLLANDER
When you first read a script is the purest moment. That's when you can understand how an audienc... DAVID TENNANT To me, acting is like tennis. You're only as good as the person you're playing with, so if y...
AIMEE GARCIA We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practic...
RAY BROWN My work is all about how we consume. To me it's important to know where things come from. Genera...
CHRISTIEN MEINDERTSMA I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revi...
ABHISHEK BACHCHAN One of the most precious parts of acting is the work before you show up on the set, the time you spe...
ZOE MCLELLAN In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to cr...
PAUL GREENGRASS
I have too much product, and I'm trying to rein it in and sell more of my main collection. I wis... VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
Animation is a fascinating area from an acting point of view because it's not really like anythi... DAVID TENNANT The thing about growing old is you have to accept it - if you don't, you'll be as miserable ...
JUDY PARFITT I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you...
RYAN KWANTEN There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show....
HEAVY D My background is in acting, so I enjoy being able to show what I'm looking for. With acting, it&...
KIM JI-WOON I've done three Broadway shows; once the curtain goes up, that's it. I mean, you prepare and...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS...
I took an acting class with Louise Lasser, Woody Allen's first wife and co-star in many movies. ... GARY SHTEYNGART I try to avoid the temptation with time as a total indicator for what my possibilities are for the m...
RYAN HALL
In the beginning the Universe was created.This had made many people very angry and has been wi...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
Every show is a mess at its first preview. No one's had enough time to rehearse in costumes, tra... MAURY YESTON
Sure, being good at your job is really important, but in acting, so much of the decision's alrea... RASHIDA JONES You never know what's going to happen. We're not going to rehearse -- we're just going to wing it.
GARRISON STARR A good trick I learnt early on is not to immediately look at playback because once you know the shot...
AIDAN TURNER The hard part for me was being an Olympic gold medalist and having that persona; you don't see t...
KURT ANGLE A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it'...
GRANT HESLOV Any acting is a stretch of the imagination. That's your job. Acting is truth in imaginary circum...
SAM WORTHINGTON
I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the tim... DENIS LEARY
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The truth is that good ethics sometimes is good business, but sometimes it's not. It depends on one'... 
If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll bec... 