Acting Quotes
Acting is doing, not just saying lines.
These quotes frame acting as something physical and behavioral rather than purely verbal - even listening counts as acting when something real is happening underneath it. One entry traces a path into the craft through local community theater. Related reading in Doing Quotes.
I did a lot of acting when I was a child. I was very shy - the kind of kid who ran into a corner and cried on parents' visiting day.
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There are so many elements that make 'Orange' spectacular - the writing, the acting, what we talk about - but we can't neglect the music of the show. It sets a fantastic tone.
Always Quotes
As an actor, technically, when you are off a film, you are out of a job. An actor goes from job to job. By virtue, acting is an unsure profession.
I didn't like the idea of acting back in school. Both my brothers were into it.
Doing Quotes
I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.
Auditioning and actually acting on a set are two different things. When you audition, you're in a room and you don't have anything to play with and you don't have anything physically in the room. Whereas on set, you have...
I mean, the acting school I went to, we did have a social experience, but you know, when it's a bunch of actors, it's everyone self-consciously having a social experience rather than just having a social experience.
Like Quotes
Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
My celebrity has held steady since the day I began acting. I don't view it as celebrity. I'm just a worker.
Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.
Love Quotes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What different perspectives on acting appear in these quotes?
Is there a quote about discovering acting through community theater?
Is there a quote calling acting 'inappropriate'?
Is there a quote defining acting as 'doing'?
Is there a quote comparing singing and acting?
Others touch on acting's freedom to explore behavior considered inappropriate elsewhere, and a lifelong pull toward both singing and performing. Explore more in Always Quotes or Love Quotes.
