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Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor.

Quotes by Dana Spiotta

I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.

Quotes by Danai Gurira

Actors may not realize the extent of their own power. Acting is creation. It's them bringing their own stuff, letting it marinate in their soul, in their creative engine.

Quotes by Danai Gurira

I started going to acting school in my senior year in high school, and I remained in acting school through four years of college.

Quotes by Dane DeHaan

I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

Quotes by Danica McKellar

Acting is my first love, and that's my main career, it really is.

Quotes by Danica McKellar

John Goodman is like the Jackie Chan of acting. Any prop that you put in front of him, he's going to take advantage of it in some peculiar way.

Quotes by Dan Trachtenberg

Got a degree in acting and actually double majored in musical theatre. And then I came straight to New York and started working.

Quotes by Dan Amboyer

When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.

Quotes by Dan Aykroyd

I had a pretty untraditional high school experience. I've been acting since I was very young.

Quotes by Dan Byrd

I've made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn't matter what it is as long as I'm acting.

Quotes by Dan Castellaneta

It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor.

Quotes by Dan Castellaneta

Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.

Quotes by Damon Galgut

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you...

Quotes by Damian Lewis

I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been on reality TV or something.

Quotes by Damian Lewis

I sort of got fooled into acting, actually. I never intended to do it.

Quotes by Dakin Matthews

The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.

Quotes by Dakota Goyo

I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older.

Quotes by Dakota Goyo

Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who...

Quotes by D. W. Griffith

But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.

Quotes by Dabney Coleman

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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