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A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

Quotes by Carlos Castaneda

Acting is reacting. That's when acting is great - when you say something, somebody said something, they make a face, they pose, they use something physical, then you react to that, then they react to you.

Quotes by Carlos Mencia

As an actress, my ultimate goal is to create a universal experience in my acting.

Quotes by Carlson Young

My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.

Quotes by Carl Weathers

When we make decisions based on factors other than the available empirical evidence, we are less than objective, which means we are no longer acting as scientists.

Quotes by Carl Hart

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

Quotes by Carl Jung

I have done so much: modeling, acting, singing, the calendar, the lingerie line, and there have been times where I have wanted to give up but I went for it.

Quotes by Caprice Bourret

I love acting. I do it as a hobby. If I was able to have that as a career... Hopefully the fashion thing is a stepping-stone. I was so worried when I started modeling that it would hinder my chances...

Quotes by Cara Delevingne

With acting, the last thing you do is try to look pretty. Modeling actually makes acting harder - it makes you so self-aware.

Quotes by Cara Delevingne

I was just picked from the streets to do some acting, and that's how I got started.

Quotes by Carel Struycken

When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad.

Quotes by Carice van Houten

The reason I got into acting was not to explore myself. I was a reader, I didn't care about acting. I got into it in college, but I had no interest really in that, in getting up in front of...

Quotes by Campbell Scott

When you can surprise yourself, you're truly acting.

Quotes by Cameron Britton

The hardest part when I decided to move into acting was trusting I'd made the right decision.

Quotes by Caitriona Balfe

I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.

Quotes by Caitriona Balfe

I have been acting since I was thirteen.

Quotes by Caleb Landry Jones

Before I became an actress, I was a cellist. I've been playing since I was 14, was in a lot of bands, and acting was more of a hobby.

Quotes by Callie Hernandez

I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I really just concentrated on acting.

Quotes by Callie Thorne

The only credit I can give them. They synchronize wonderful. That's all. They synchronize very - you would have thought that they were actually acting, but they were synching all the time, and that's a rough job.

Quotes by Cab Calloway

I was studying acting, going to UCLA, selling real estate on the weekends.

Quotes by Burt Ward

Frequently Asked Questions

What different perspectives on acting appear in these quotes?
They range from discovering acting through community theater, to acting being described as all about being inappropriate, to a definition of acting as doing rather than speaking, to a personal comparison between loving singing and loving acting.
Is there a quote about discovering acting through community theater?
Yes. One speaker recalls trying bull-riding without much success before they "discovered acting through community theater." For more, see Always quotes.
Is there a quote calling acting 'inappropriate'?
Yes - one speaker says there's "so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate," adding that "acting is all about being inappropriate." For more, see Love quotes.
Is there a quote defining acting as 'doing'?
Yes. One quote states, "Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening." For more, see Doing quotes.
Is there a quote comparing singing and acting?
Yes - one speaker says, "I like singing as much as I like acting," adding that all through high school they thought they might be a Broadway singer. For more, see Like quotes.

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