1,862 Quotes About Acting

With physical prep work, you know if you go to the gym, you will get size. There's no chance it won't happen. The emotional prep work is a variable. You could step onto the set one day and have a disconnect with your thoughts and feelings and have a rough day acting because you can't quite tap into what you need.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

As a kid, I was always very shy growing up - I wasn't very good at articulating my thoughts or my feelings. Now that I'm older, I found acting to do that. So it's been an amazing way to sort of express who I am.

Already, you're seeing some of these prop desks acting as if they were a hedge fund. And the hedge funds will go elsewhere to execute orders if that becomes the focus for the Wall Street firms.

They maintain a visible yet understated presence, acting proactively rather than reactively. Students need to feel like they can approach them, or any other staff member, with security concerns. I think we do a good job of making students feel comfortable. That goes a long way toward preventing trouble before it starts.

At school, I was a shy lad and still am. But acting gives me licence to be up there, demanding the focus. It's the one time in my life where I don't have to shout to be heard.

Acting is very start and stop.

I've always had ambition, and the acting was successful and put my name on the map, but it was never the plan to stop there.

Any time an adult is in a teaching role, they're held to a higher standard. Obviously, Holland thought that wasn't an appropriate way for one of their employees to be acting in school.