Acting Quotes - Page 30

• 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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• Working with Scorsese was an absolute dream, and one of my favourite ever jobs was 'Beowulf' because it was just pure acting. Your imagination explodes as you try to imagine you're fighting a dragon or whatever.

  Ray Winstone

  Dream, Jobs, Fighting

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• Acting is about communicating what it is like to be human: the pain, the laughs, the misery, the joy. I suppose I am searching to have it all.

  Rosamund Pike

  Pain, Laughing, Joy

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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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• I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Dream, Jobs, Ends

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• My first acting role as a kid was on Freaks and Geeks.

  Lizzy Caplan

  Kids, Roles, Firsts

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

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• When I was young, my parents made me listen to old music and watch Jimmy Durante. I fell in love with the whole mystique of acting and entertainment.

  James Wolk

  Parent, Watches, Entertainment

  "James Wolk Is an OK Dancer, a Great Liar & a Few Other Things His Wikipedia Page Won't Tell You". Interview with Julie Vadnal, www.elle.com. September 20, 2010.

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• I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions.

  Brittany Murphy

  Decision, Visceral

  "Brittany Murphy, Actress in 'Clueless,' Dies at 32" by Sarah Wheaton, www.nytimes.com. December 21, 2009.

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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 don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.

  Clive Owen

  Clothes, People, Effort

  "Milan Party Report: New Masculinity, Clive Owen-Approved" by Josh Peskowitz, www.esquire.com. June 23, 2010.

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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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• I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.

  Eddie Murphy

  Artist

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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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 go to an acting class every Sunday.

  Paz de la Huerta

  Sunday, Class, Acting Classes

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• Just because we're on schedule is no reason to shoot bad acting. Someone once said to me, 'You're inconsiderate.' And I said, 'Inconsiderate? Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.' It's a collective slap to a million faces at the same time.

  Debra Winger

  Faces, Schedules, Reason

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and issues of ethnicity the choice is clear. But I do not believe you have to be transgender or have undergone sex reassignment surgery to be able play a character who has.Acting is acting after all.

  Stephen Fry

  Jobs, Sex, Believe

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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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• Making a pretty picture, an image, is a completely different thing from acting to camera.

  Gemma Chan

  Cameras, Different, Pretty Picture

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• When you're shooting at 9 A.M. at a club, you have to use all of your acting skills.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Skills, Use, Shooting

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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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