1,862 Quotes About Acting

I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act like I'm listening when I'm not, pretend to be calm and happy when I'm really freaking out. It's one of the skills you perfect as you get older

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human. I felt very puny as a human. I thought, 'Fuck that. I want to be a superhuman.

I must work harder to achieve my goal of not seeking approval from those whose approval I'm not even sure is important to me.

Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.

Talent is an accident of genes, and a responsibility.

In the language of an actor, to know is synonymous with to feel

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise.

[on Martin Freeman playing Bilbo Baggins] It was great. I got to hang out with him, and I kept a straight face for a bit and then I started giggling because I know Martin, I don't know Bilbo. For Martin to be sitting there playing Bilbo is amazing. He's going to be amazing, he's going to be fantastic in this film.

If you are looking for something, don't go sit on the seashore and expect it to come and find you; you must search, search, search with all the stubbornness in you!