Acting Quotes - Page 29

• I think chemistry is about not acting, but reacting, and not talking, but listening.

  Amy Poehler

  Thinking, Talking, Listening

  "How Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, David Wain and Michael Showalter Conducted the Most Perfect Junket Interview Ever". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.thewrap.com. July 16, 2014.

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• I'm such a fan of actors, and also enjoy watching them work, so that I can help their acting in any way I can.

  Dito Montiel

  Fans, Actors, Way

  "Interview: Dito Montiel Talks Boulevard (Exclusive)". Interview with Karen Benardello, www.shockya.com. July 10, 2015.

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• We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations, acting individually or in concert, will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified.

  Barack Obama

  Use, Conflict, Justified

  Nobel Prize for Peace Acceptance Speech and Lecture, delivered 10 December 2009, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

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• I think that acting is a very humanizing profession.

  Kevin Spacey

  Thinking, Profession

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• The acting experience and the collaborating and creating the world, working on the piece, they're the same joys.

  Keanu Reeves

  Creating, Joy, Pieces

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Movie is an industry without job security. As soon as a job is done, you have to find a job. But I think doing different stuff makes you better at other stuff: Acting makes you better at stand-up, which makes you better at writing.

  T. J. Miller

  Writing, Thinking, Different

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• I won't even think about acting in a role where I didn't do a back story for a character.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Character, Thinking, Roles

  Source: creativescreenwriting.com

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• To the extent to which the pull that moves me really is irresistible, like an invincibly strong addiction, the normal procedures of evaluation, deliberation, choice, decision, etc. that constitute the substance of our political life are not operating. The same is true of overwhelming aversion. The person being tortured who simply wants it to stop, period, is also not a good model for an agent acting politically.

  Raymond Geuss

  Strong, Moving, Addiction

  Raymond Geuss (2008). “Philosophy and Real Politics”, p.30, Princeton University Press

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• I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university. When I wanted to start acting again, I couldn't get a job, and that was really depressing. So, I realized, at that time, that I have to take responsibility for my own creativity.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Depressing, Jobs, Creativity

  "Joseph Gordon-Levitt Talks HITRECORD ON TV, How the Idea Came about, His Collaborative Company, Inspiring People to Contribute, and Plans for Season 2". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 15, 2014.

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• I've been painting off and on since I was in sixth grade. I don't paint when I'm acting - I'm not really able to split my focus that way. I do it intensely when I'm doing it, but I'm reluctant to take myself too seriously as a painter because that would mean there would be pressure to be better than I am.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Mean, Focus, Splits

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• I lose myself in my performances so I wouldn't say that I ever act on stage. I don't find it to be an acting drill for me. I just find it to be something very real that comes from a very gut-driven, honest place.

  Christina Aguilera

  Real, Honest, Driven

  "Christina Aguilera Interview, Burlesque". www.moviesonline.ca. August 22, 2018.

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• In war, force is used by the belligerents themselves, no effort being made to bring evildoers before a judicial body, each army acting as judge, jury and executioner.

  Kirby Page

  War, Army, Judging

  Kirby Page (1976). “Kirby Page and the social gospel: an anthology”, Dissertations-G

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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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• 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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• When pursued with a pure heart, acting is an entirely selfless profession.

  Masiela Lusha

  Heart, Selfless, Profession

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• 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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• The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it, or not; but we can deprive ourselves of its indwelling joy, by acting entirely from the love of self.

  Lydia M. Child

  Self, Law, Joy

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• I would like to be known as an artist. Whether that be music, acting, sketching, cooking, whatever. Im interested in all of those things.

  Mark Salling

  Artist, Cooking, Sketching

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• Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Challenges, Way, Tough

  "Turning 50? It's better than the alternative" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2007.

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

  Damian Lewis

  Reality, People, Actors

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• 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 don't need to do so.

  Damian Lewis

  People, Giving, Needs

  "Shooting star". Interview with Jay Rayner, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2002.

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• If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I know acting isn't real, that it's temporary. If there is any theme to the roles I play, it is emotional vulnerability and availability.

  DJ Qualls

  Real, Emotional, Order

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

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• At acting school people didn't speak like me. It was all received pronunciation - 'ow now brown cow.'

  Ray Winstone

  School, People, Cows

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• Acting has always been a passion of mine, so any opportunity that allows me to do that is definitely of interest to me.

  Nick Jonas

  Passion, Opportunity, Interest

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• Two young actresses I admire are Emma Stone and Emma Watson, because they are intelligent, talented actresses and have a great sense of humor. They have learned to balance what they love in life - acting, school and everything else.

  Kara Hayward

  School, Intelligent, Two

  "A Chat With ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Actress Kara Hayward And A Salute To Wes Anderson’s Leading Ladies". Interview with Simone Kitchens, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 11, 2012.

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