Quotes About Acting

If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act.

I don't like to watch myself. I can't get into the story; I'm too critical.

I don't like to watch myself. For the most part, I find it weird. It depresses me; I'm very critical.

If I have to get a film by impressing someone, the audience can see everything. They will criticise me if I can't act, no matter how many films I get.

I've been singing since I was a kid, but I take my voice a lot more personally than my acting. I feel a lot more personal criticism when somebody tells you that you don't have a good voice.

If someone criticizes my acting, they may be right.

I've always felt if my nose were more crooked, critics would focus more on my acting.

I have been offered other roles on television but I don't think I'll be able to enact those crooked characters.

I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.

Doubt is crucial, I think, in every character I have ever played.

'Crush' was my first number one on the call sheet.

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to be able to get people to cry or make people angry or sad.

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

I'd definitely love to do more acting. My heart cries out for it; it's such a deep longing.

I don't have an 'actor cry.'

I cry whenever I watch an emotional scene that I did, just because it brings me back to that moment. It's like, I remember being there; I remember feeling what I felt. It's really weird, right?

The worst is when I know I'm going to have to cry in a scene.

Once the film is done, then I like to watch myself. I know some actors say that they get very self-conscious watching themselves on screen especially if they have to cry in the scenes, they don't like the way their face contorts, but I have no such issues.

I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as that. It's just like if you're watching something moving, and you feel yourself welling up. It's the same thing. You're just being carried along with the story. There's nothing magical about it. I think I'm in touch with my emotions, and I can't help it.

The average scene in a film, you have to shoot it 15, 20 times. That means you got to laugh or cry 15, 20 times.

I've had scenes where I had to cry, and by the time I've cried for the 20th time, I'm exhausted.

I look 13, so was always being asked to play the crying girl.

As an actor, I love to play a good crying scene.

I like to do the whole gamut of emotions on stage - big crying, shouting, hair-pulling.