Quotes About Acting

I've played 'Latin-looking spiv, third from the right' so many times I can't count.

It's all about good scripts and roles that count. The language barrier does not make any difference for me.

I think it's counterproductive for actors to come to the set with well-thumbed copies of the book their film is adapted from.

I've worked with Robert Altman a couple of times too.

Acting is in my family. My cousins, my sister, and I always say it's a legacy that should be kept alive. In the future, it's something I really want.

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.

I always wanted to play a cowboy. I just didn't get to do it the way I thought I would.

It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.

I don't play lovers. I wish I did. At least once I'd like to have a crack at one of those guys. A heartbreaker. Some people are born to it. I'm not.

When I started cracking auditions I got confident and that's when I felt I can act.

To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle.

I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do.

I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.

After college, I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

There's the craft of acting, and then there's a quality. There's a quality that someone has.

I've always loved acting, and I do respect the craft.

For me, that is the craft of acting: literally creating something from nothing.

My talent is universal, and acting is a craft that can be used anywhere, unless ethnicity comes into play, and then, looks matter.

I have always felt responsible for every character I played, devoting myself to learning everything about the craft.

Christina Ricci

The joy of 'Crash' was that it was all about the work. It was my first real part. Before that, it was a line here and there, maybe a scene. 'Crash' was five scenes, a beautiful arc, a little vignette of my own. It really meant something.

The thing I crave for the most is appreciation for my acting.

'Apocalypse Now' was my craziest experience ever. I was 14 years old, and I'd lied about my age to get the role. I haven't had another film top it.

As a comic and as an actor, I think you've got to be partially crazy.