Acting Quotes - Page 22

• I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.

  Clive Owen

  Writing, Thinking, People

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• I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

  Clive Owen

  Character, Fighting, Creating

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• I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

  Selma Blair

  Voice, People, Pulling Away

  "Selma Blair interview: 'I could be living in a castle right now, with Tom Cruise'". Interview with Jane Mulkerrins, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2012.

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• That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden sides of yourself.

  Julie Kavner

  Dark, Play, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as Im in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise.

  David Harewood

  Wise, Worry, Parent

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• The only thing I don't like about acting is that it takes so much time away from my family. Otherwise, I don't have any complaints.

  Mark Wahlberg

  My Family, Complaints, Time Away

  "Mark Wahlberg: 'I've been hustling my entire life'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2013.

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• Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me understand life, express myself, all those wonderful things. So I'm very, very grateful; it's a fun job. It's a luxury.

  Angelina Jolie

  Jobs, Growing Up, Fun

  "Angelina Jolie On Marriage, Brad, Her Kids & Pregnancy", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 28, 2010.

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• The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.

  Ben Whishaw

  Character, Stories, Things I Love

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots of different things, and I think that's the whole fun of it. But I also see it as a buffet in terms of the character.

  Topher Grace

  Fun, Character, Thinking

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• If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

  Jon Voight

  Advice, Actors, Scene

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• Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

  Sophie Marceau

  Writing, Months, Three

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• I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, 'I'm writing plays, I should learn about acting and what it is.' So I went to the HB Studio in New York, and I was there for about nine months.

  Wallace Shawn

  New York, Writing, Play

  "Wallace Shawn juggles acting jobs and play writing". Interview with Dany Margolies, www.reuters.com. February 1, 2011.

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• I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

  Alec Baldwin

  Thinking, Talent

  "Why Me?" by Ian Parker, www.newyorker.com. September 8, 2008.

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• Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare.

  Dylan McDermott

  Writing, Roles, Actors

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• In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldnt call on me.

  Peggy Lipton

  Teacher, Class, Praying

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• Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Comedy, Physical Comedy, Hard

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• I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Jobs, Finding Yourself, Bizarre

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• I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I wanted to to be a Supreme Court justice, but didn't want to be a lawyer. I just wanted to go straight to being a justice.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Kids, Justice, Want

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• It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.

  Felicity Kendal

  Player, Land, Careers

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• Acting attracts shy people and show-offs.

  Penelope Wilton

  People, Shy, Shows

  "Unspoken worlds" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.

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• In 22 years of acting, I've only done two movies where I, personally, kill people. The Coens called me the Spanish Ballerina on (the No Country For Old Men) set, because every time I had the gun, when they called cut, I'd give it back and say, 'Take this s**t out of my hands!' There were laughing, like they couldn't believe I was supposed to be the villain.

  Javier Bardem

  Country, Believe, Cutting

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• When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.

  Albert Brooks

  Couple, Class, Insecurity

  "Auteur Albert Brooks Feels the "Drive". Interview with Jenelle Riley, www.backstage.com. September 14, 2011.

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• When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.

  Albert Brooks

  School, Kids, Careers

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• The acting world is a humbling experience, I find.

  Sharlto Copley

  World, Humbling Experiences, Humbling

  "District 9 star Sharlto Copley". Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. August 13, 2009.

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• In the theater, you act more of the time. In the movies, you get to act maybe 20 or 30 minutes of the day. I love acting in movies. It's just different.

  Alec Baldwin

  Different, Theater, Minutes

  "New Again: Alec Baldwin". Interview with Charles Kaiser, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 19, 2012.

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