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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

Quotes by Edith Evans

I'm acting for the same reasons I wanted to become a diplomat. I've thought about it a lot and concluded that I wanted to become a diplomat because it was a way to explore human nature. For the same reason...

Quotes by Edgar Ramirez

Once the second season of 'Haven' rolled around, I really started to attack this acting thing and finally admitted, 'OK, I'm an actor now. This is what I'm doing. This is my new career.'

Quotes by Edge

I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes,...

Quotes by Eddie Izzard

The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.

Quotes by Eddie Marsan

I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated on the acting rather than going to the right parties and getting the right agent. Eventually, after ten...

Quotes by Eddie Marsan

If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I...

Quotes by Eddie Redmayne

My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on...

Quotes by Eddie Redmayne

On so many levels, acting in film and TV is so much the sum of its parts, and somewhere in there, there's an alchemical thing that makes something happen or not - that makes something connect or not. Now, of...

Quotes by Eddie Redmayne

There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna...

Quotes by Eddie Redmayne

I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting.

Quotes by Eddie Albert

I'm mad creative for acting.

Quotes by Ed Skrein

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

Quotes by Ed Harris

Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.

Quotes by Ed Oxenbould

In college, I took an acting class as a lark. I was surprised by how much it interested me. It seemed like something I could do my whole life and always try to get better at.

Quotes by Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.

Quotes by Ed Asner

I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.

Quotes by Ed Asner

They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously.

Quotes by Ed Asner

If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.

Quotes by Ed Asner

I love acting.

Quotes by Ed Asner

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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