1,862 Quotes About Acting

I love being physical and acting at the same time.

In stand up, you get an awareness of how you come across, but in acting there is almost a hyper-awareness on how you might be physically perceived.

Action has magic, grace and power in it.

Few rash of any modern nation have a proper sense of an aesthetical whole; they praise and blame by parts; they are charmed by passages. And who has greater reason to rejoice in this than actors, since the stage is ever but a patched and piecemeal matter?

An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

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

I kind of fell into acting.I was very lucky.