Quotes About Acting

I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.

One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.

We've all seen great actors and actresses who are missing a certain chemistry. And it's not about getting along or not getting along.

If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck.

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am - it seems I change every day.

I think it's great when dramatic actors do lighter, funny roles.

We play lots of roles in our lives, but I got to do that in one movie [Parental Guidance], and ride the feelings, and it was a good challenge for me.

The price of apparent happiness and enjoyment is the neglect of the spontaneous active energies of the acting members.

You're going to act like a happy man. I know, I know. It's the hardest role in the world.

If you're going to die on screen, you've got to be strong and in good health.

I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent.

My parents are the ones who really help me be grounded. I still go to school, I still do fun stuff with my friends; for the most part, I am a normal kid. It just so happens that I do some acting too!

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

As Michael (Chekhov)'s pupil, I learned more about acting. I learned psychology, history, and the good manners of art - taste.

I wanted to go into art history. Acting fell into my lap when a neighbor took pictures of me and showed them to an agent.

I did the David Cronenberg film, A History of Violence, with Viggo Mortensen and I played a real sociopath. For the next seven years, I played the psycho-of-the-week.

In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now I get scripts, and I act them out.

When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.

You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you're not really responsible for what you've done.

I mean, its hard to be an actor in the city - trying to make it as an actor - because you waitress all night, you get home really late and you're super tired and your feet hurt.

I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 homes at the same time.

The darker, more complex and emotional the part is, the easier it is for me. But I don't take any of that stuff home with me at the end of the day.