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Emote Quotes

How performers talk about feeling it on camera.

Every quote on this page comes from someone talking about acting - from handling an emotional scene during dubbing to a mentor offering a role with real room to emote on screen.

If there's a scene in which I need to cry or emote heavily, I just take care of it during the dubbing sessions.

Quotes by Vijay Antony

When you act, you want to emote and think in that language. I don't enjoy the process of doing a film in a language I am not good with.

Quotes by Suriya

I'm always trying to encapsulate how we, as emotional beings, interact with the world and the machines and technology around us - being able to emote through those things. They're not antithetical or mutually exclusive.

Quotes by Sophie

Feeling and reacting has more impact than just trying to emote what your character's saying.

Quotes by Shaheer Sheikh

Ability Quotes

I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the...

Quotes by Sally Kirkland

Keeping faith in my acting credentials, my mentor offered me a powerful role in 'Veerasaami,' which had scope for me to emote on the screen. Film-buffs have now welcomed my acting skills and appreciate me for my good performance.

Quotes by Mumtaj

I'm an incredibly emotional person, but I always feel bad about that. The work is therapy... I need to emote wildly while I write. I weep. I'll laugh, get excited, and get up and pace. I try to take the...

Quotes by Matthew Quick

'Mercury' is one of the most challenging projects I have worked on. From the nuances of the actors' expressions to the minute technicals of the movie, everything needed to be monitored and looked into. The actors were required to emote...

Quotes by Karthik Subbaraj

Once I realised that my job as a model was to emote in front of the camera, I thought, 'Well now, I just have to add words, and I can do films.' But also, my success as a model made...

Quotes by Isabella Rossellini

Able Quotes

If you interview people or friends who work with me, they would say I'm private or internal or don't emote a lot. Yet I do it every day for 10 million people. I just don't do it for the 30...

Quotes by David E. Kelley

On '24,' you don't have time to emote and deal with stuff, because stuff just keeps happening. Every other minute, there's something crazy that's happening that's threatening this country.

Quotes by Corey Hawkins

I am so enriched because so much has happened in my life. The way I can express myself is because of the life I have led. It's only when you experience life can you emote it.

Quotes by Bipasha Basu

You have to emote much more to get what you're trying to get across to come through a quarter inch of latex that's superglued to your face.

Quotes by Armie Hammer

I don't think I was a good model. I think I was born to emote and act. I would walk down the ramp and smile and they used to say, 'Give us a blank look.' It was really difficult not...

Quotes by Anushka Sharma

Always Quotes

I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patients also had major impairments in their ability to make decisions.

Quotes by Antonio Damasio

'Gutur Gu' is a silent comedy, which I had never done. I wanted to do something out of the box. It's exciting, tough, and fun. Dialogues are very important for actors, and to emote without them took some getting used...

Quotes by Anita Hassanandani Reddy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do these emote quotes actually describe?
They are all from actors discussing the craft of showing emotion on screen - handling a tearful scene during dubbing, landing a meaty role with room to emote, and feeling comfortable doing it.
Does language affect how easily someone can emote, according to these quotes?
Yes, one actor says they prefer to emote and think in the language they are performing in, adding they don't enjoy acting in a language they aren't confident with.
Is there a quote about a mentor helping someone emote better on screen?
Yes, one quote describes a mentor offering a powerful role with real scope to emote on screen, which the speaker says helped audiences notice their acting skills.
What does handling a scene "during the dubbing sessions" mean here?
It refers to an actor managing an emotionally demanding moment, like crying, in post-production dubbing rather than needing to fully relive that emotion live on set.
Where can I find more quotes from performers?
Check out Ability quotes for lines on skill and talent, or Able quotes for a broader set of capability-themed quotes.

One actor even says language itself changes how freely they can emote in a role. For related reading, see Ability quotes or Appreciate quotes.