Acting Quotes - Page 31

• Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

  Jonah Hill

  Wise, Writing, Careers

  IGN Interview, www.ign.com. May 31, 2007.

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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 think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.

  Joan Cusack

  Character, Thinking, Self

  "Celebrity Q+A: Joan Cusack". Interview with Patty A. Martinez, www.familycircle.com.

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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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• 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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• 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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• Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

  Jeremy Davies

  School, Film, Used

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. November 21, 2007.

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• I just want to keep being creative, and I want to feel inspired by a role, and I want to keep acting.

  Ellen Wong

  Creative, Roles, Want

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• A great while ago the world begun,
  With hey, ho, the wind and the rain;
  But that's all one, our play is done,
  And we'll strive to please you every day.

  William Shakespeare

  Book, Philosophical, Rain

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 5, sc. 1, l. [401]

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• After high school, I was going to move out to L.A. and try to pursue my dreams of acting. My parents said, "Thats fine. We support you, but you have to go to school", which was fine because I'm a studious person anyway, I enjoy it.

  Josie Loren

  Dream, Moving, School

  "Exclusive Interview: MIOBI's Josie Loren". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. May 26, 2011.

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• Sometimes acting is really cool because it forces you to exercise certain muscles in your personality that you wouldn't normally be called upon in life.

  Jenna Fischer

  Exercise, Personality, Sometimes

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• There is this miraculous thing I heard Hugh Grant talking about - the thing about screen acting is that you can read people's thoughts. You are trying to register something inside and usually the eyes in cinema are where you will register that.

  Toby Jones

  Eye, Talking, People

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

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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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• A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, People, Actors

  "Interview with Action Film Star Donnie Yen". "Talk Asia", www.cnn.com. October 19, 2011.

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• I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.

  Michael Moriarty

  Calling, Kind, Theater

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• For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.

  Donnie Yen

  Character, Challenges, Historical

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• I really do want to act, I love acting, and I want to do it in the long run.

  Joel Courtney

  Running, Long, Want

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• There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

  Laurence Fox

  Jobs, Two, Actors

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• For my senior year, I'm home schooled. It's working well with the acting. Juggling school with the acting is hard, but you know, what can you do?

  Julia Garner

  Senior, Home, School

  "SXSW FUTURES | Indie World is Smitten with High School Senior and ‘Electrick Children’ Star Julia Garner". Interview with Bryce J. Renninger, www.indiewire.com. March 16, 2012.

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• I had a great acting teacher in high school. But I didnt like acting because it took too many people to get the job done. You have to talk to too many people and listen to others opinions. With music, you get a few friends together and just make it.

  Hugh Dillon

  Teacher, Jobs, School

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• I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody.

  Trevor Donovan

  School, Class, Design

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• I really like acting in English.

  Romain Duris

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• I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes. But when I do, it's with people I know and trust, people who respect me as a person and appreciate what I have to offer.

  Mara Wilson

  People, Appreciate, Sometimes

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.

  Nat Wolff

  Dad, Live In The Moment, Musician

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

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