1,862 Quotes About Acting

The acting life is different than I thought it would be. I love it - it's actually a lot less pressure than I thought it would be.

Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

He's 58 years old, and they made him come (here) - and he's sitting over there, in a cot, acting like they're running the storeroom. It's ridiculous.

He's 58 years old, and they made him come (here) -- and he's sitting over there, in a cot, acting like they're running the storeroom. It's ridiculous.

The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their heads that they can't be organic.

The notion that acting is simply about intuitively responding to situations the way you feel couldn't be farther away from how I ask actors to work.

The dealer is acting like an agent for this warranty company, and all they are really interested in, to some extent, is making money. It's a commission for them.

Acting is playing pretend, playing a children's game at an adult level, but with children's rules. It's fun to play bad guys. I've never been in a fight in my life, so it's fun to play something that's different.