1,862 Quotes About Acting

My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action.

Actors are all about entrances, but writers are all about exits.

That's what I love most about writers--they're such lousy actors.

Just know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Thought before word. Never word before thought.

Thinking without acting makes you a coward. Acting without thinking makes you insane. You need both the thoughts and actions; they never walk alone!

Your boss takes a dim view of SEX?

When you are in entertainment business, you can’t be you until you are in off-screen. You have to smile all the time and act like what they want from you. And you have to give them what they want from you. When entertaining people, you are their property. But you have to influence others when you are entertaining your fans.

Impulses are the most important things we have as artists. Stop judging them. Get out of their way and follow wherever they lead.