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Most Famous Acting Quotes of All Time!

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You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?

Quotes by Debbie Allen

My bag is acting or getting into an amusing situation and then sharing my amusement.

Quotes by Dean Jones

I wish I could say I had this master plan for a career, but I always thought acting was something I'd just do until I had a hit record.

Quotes by Dean Jones

I never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to have another job other than acting.

Quotes by Dean Norris

I might be the only guy in WWE who isn't acting ever.

Quotes by Dean Ambrose

Acting and singing are integrally locked together.

Quotes by Dean Butler

Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court.

Quotes by Dean Cain

The Monkees changed my life but ruined my acting career.

Quotes by Davy Jones

I believe acting to be my own journey through connection more than anything else, but that's only my take on it.

Quotes by Dawn Olivieri

Acting is my first love.

Quotes by Dawn Wells

That's what I like about acting. You don't know where you'll be in year.

Quotes by David Walton

I know that some actors take acting terribly seriously. I take it seriously in that if someone pays me to do it I know I have to deliver.

Quotes by David Warner

When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That's my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my...

Quotes by David Suchet

I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may be interesting to start directing.'

Quotes by David Suchet

I kind of drifted into acting through a series of coincidences.

Quotes by David Thewlis

I had grown up in a toy shop in Blackpool and then moved to London to do an acting course.

Quotes by David Thewlis

My writing was liberated once I abandoned acting.

Quotes by David Rabe

I was going to say that writing is about disclosure and acting is about obfuscation, but that's such a little lie. Both of them are about obfuscation and masking oneself.

Quotes by David Rakoff

I'm one of a generation brought up on television whose acting is more 'naturalistic', whereas with some of the older generation it's more heightened. But I think there's room for both styles.

Quotes by David Oyelowo

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

Quotes by David Morrissey

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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