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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.

Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it's the feel that matters.

Quotes by Agyness Deyn

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.

Quotes by Adrienne Shelly

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.

Quotes by Adrienne C. Moore

I was a director and dialogue and acting coach.

Quotes by Adriana Barraza

Always Quotes

Failure of a film doesn't diminish my love for acting.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

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.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

I didn't like the idea of acting back in school. Both my brothers were into it.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

Acting in a scene is easy.

Quotes by Adina Porter

I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.

Quotes by Adepero Oduye

Doing Quotes

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do.

Quotes by Adelaide Clemens

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...

Quotes by Adelaide Kane

My art, like my acting, is a profound expression of poetic license.

Quotes by Adam West

I'm interested in film - any aspect - acting, directing, writing.

Quotes by Adam West

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.

Quotes by Adam Scott

Like Quotes

I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.

Quotes by Adam McKay

Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.

Quotes by Adam McKay

Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.

Quotes by Adam Lamberg

My celebrity has held steady since the day I began acting. I don't view it as celebrity. I'm just a worker.

Quotes by Adam Goldberg

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.

Quotes by Adam Driver

Love Quotes

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

Quotes by Adam Driver

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.

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.