Acting Quotes - Page 38

• On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

  Karl Kraus

  Personality, Actors, Stage

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

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• The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.

  Karl Kraus

  Art, Fire, Actors

  Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & one-and-a-half truths: selected aphorisms”

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• The invention of film has given our generation the dubious advantage of watching our acting heroes deteriorate before our eyes.

  Robert Brustein

  Hero, Eye, Our Generation

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• Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a ninety-minute acting performance.

  Barbara Stanwyck

  Stars, Care, Guests

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• We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat when we really mean he is outstanding.

  Eleanor Robson Belmont

  Music, Art, Mean

  Eleanor Robson Belmont (1957). “The Fabric of Memory”

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• ... actresses require protection in their art from blind abuse, from savage criticism. Their work is their religion, if they are seeking the best in their art, and to abuse that faith is to rob them, to dishonor them.

  Nance O'Neil

  Faith, Art, Drama

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• The actor who lets the dust accumulate on his Ibsen, his Shakspere [sic], and his Bible, but pores greedily over every little column of theatrical news, is a lost soul.

  Minnie Maddern Fiske

  Reading, Dust, Soul

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• I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.

  Ellar Coltrane

  Creative, Lost, Process

  Biography/Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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• Especially when it comes to something like the awards, I find it kind of baffling that 'True Blood' has been snubbed so many times given the incredible range of acting they have on there; I mean, incredible storytelling and the incredible production values.

  Denis O'Hare

  Mean, Awards, Blood

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• Often, when there is a conflict between parent and child, at its very hub is an expectation that the child should be acting differently. Sometimes these expectations run counter what is known about children's growth. They stem from remembering oneself, but usually at a slightly older age.

  Ellen Galinsky

  Running, Children, Expectations

  Ellen Galinsky (1987). “The Six Stages of Parenthood”, Da Capo Press

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• The requirements of the theatre are very great--a strong constitution, energy and unflagging purpose, charm of feature, these alone do not necessarily mean anything, and they must not be relied upon as assurances of an easy conquest of the public heart. It is not only a question of fitness for the work, but of long years of most diligent effort to master the technique of the theatre, and to develop whatever of the art instinct we may possess upon the simplest, broadest, and most human lines.

  Julia Marlowe

  Art, Strong, Mean

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• It is not enough to ask, 'Will my act harm other people?' Even if the answer is No, my act may still be wrong, because of its effects on other people. I should ask, 'Will my act be one of a set of acts that will together harm other people?' The answer may be Yes. And the harm to others may be great. If this is so, I may be acting very wrongly, like the Harmless Torturers.

  Derek Parfit

  People, Together, Answers

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• When I first began acting, I assumed an intellectual responsibility attached to my profession, which I had accepted for a long time. My father taught me that an actor had to have a social and political conscience, and that the work that he does has to reflect from that.

  Christopher Reeve

  Father, Responsibility, Long

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When you write a character and their dialogue, you can't help imagining how you would be acting if you were them. You kind of have to relate to all of them. It's the most personal thing I've ever done.

  Tom Ford

  Writing, Character, Would Be

  Interview with Gus Van Sant, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 3, 2009.

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• The actual time you're acting is miniscule compared to the time you're getting ready to do the work. The big difference on series television is, there's not a lot of hanging-out time. You're pumping those pages out, you're doing six, seven, eight pages a day. And I like that pace.

  Joe Mantegna

  Differences, Eight, Six

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Fighting is not internal, but it can be very spiritual. Everything acting is internal. One of my problems in making the transition is pulling back, but I'm working on it.

  Roddy Piper

  Spiritual, Fighting, Transition

  "Rowdy Roddy Piper Lends his Voce to Green Lantern: Emerald Knights". Interview with Robert Greenberger, www.comicmix.com. May 5, 2011.

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• Be sure that the reason you are in the business is not to be a star, but because you love the craft of acting. If you have a real passion for it and acting is what you want to do every day, you are much more likely to be successful. If being a star is your primary goal, you may end up being very disappointed.

  Donna Mills

  Stars, Real, Passion

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• Acting is not about competing. Acting is about cooperating. Acting is about collaboration. It's about your utility, your usefulness, your capacity to add to the work that has already been done and will be done. You're just part of a team. I never feel competitive about acting.

  Harrison Ford

  Team, Done, Collaboration

  "Harrison Ford, Liam Hemsworth, Amber Heard, Lucas Till, and Director Robert Luketic Talk PARANOIA, Real-Life Parallels, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. August 12, 2013.

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• I was never nervous directing. Not once. I'm more nervous acting. I'm far more nervous on set, before I say my lines, than I ever have been, as a director.

  Rose McGowan

  Directors, Lines, Nervous

  Source: collider.com

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• My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the world. But, what makes me want to stay in this business and keep doing this are movies when it's a true labor of love.

  Olivia Wilde

  World, Want, Life Is

  Source: collider.com

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• I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want me.

  Jonathan Frakes

  Thinking, Directors, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm not interested in being famous or anything, but I'm definitely interested in expressing emotions, and acting and filmmaking can be great outlets for that. Filmmaking is an incredible art.

  Ellar Coltrane

  Art, Emotion, Incredibles

  Source: collider.com

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• I am a professional actor and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do. They may inadvertently do it, but it's because of the script, not the acting.

  Malcolm McDowell

  Character, Doe, Actors

  Source: www.gq.com

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• That's one of the challenges of acting. You can't expect that you're going to be successful, but you've got to put your heart and everything you have into it. Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.

  Jason Clarke

  Jobs, Heart, Successful

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I'd go into a shoot, there'd be all these dresses, and I'd say to myself, 'Okay, this isn't me. It's somebody else. So, who is this person?' Acting is the next level of that.

  Agyness Deyn

  Character, Creating, Dresses

  "Agyness Deyn On Her Style, How Modeling Led to Acting, and 'Pusher'". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. October 26, 2012.

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