1,862 Quotes About Acting

Music and acting are the most prominent. But I don't like to compare them, since they're both very, very important to me.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting

I've always loved acting with adults versus like the whole High School feel.

Today was the first time since she got back that she was kind of acting like her old self. All week she's been standing in the back of her stall, not really wanting to have much to do with anyone.

Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more.

Psychologically, you learn the values that are inherent in the dialogue, and you learn to apply it to the way you read the lines. That's acting. You're not yourself saying those lines, you're somebody else.

Acting must be scaled down for the screen. A drawing room is a lot smaller than a theatre auditorium.

Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.