1,862 Quotes About Acting

I finally made up my mind I wanted to be an actress and I was not going to let my lack of confidence ruin my chances.

I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. The best way for me to find myself as a person is to prove to myself that I am an actress.

There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.

When you have only a single dream it is more than likely to come true - because you keep working toward it without getting mixed up.

My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!

I had been asked to start going out for roles here and there throughout my career, but I know that acting is a hard thing; it takes a lot of work, and I was traveling. I didn't have the time to really focus on it, so I really waited for the right project to come along.

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

Of the nude pictures: Sure I posed. I needed the money.

I was a student of Stella Adler and then later Lee Strasberg, and they were into sensory work. At its best, acting is not about words - even when the words are important.