Quotes About Acting

Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.

As an actor, what I'm finding is that I really like the extremes. I think that's really fun to play with.

An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate with a computer.

If you look good, you can act in a Bollywood movie, you don't have to be able to act; and Aishwarya Rai is a great example of this. She is a beautiful woman... You look at her, I want to look at her. Damn, she is fine; but stop acting or stop trying to act.

So, I'm going to go over on Angel. Joss is just going to find a way to keep me bleaching my hair, which is fine.

'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.

I don't shoot two films at the same time. I finish one character and get into another character because I change my look for every film. It's difficult, but I enjoy doing that.

When you finish a film, if you believed in your character, you're empty.

I moved to L.A. right after I finished high school, for three years, because everybody was telling me it was important to get down there, and then I kind of just decided for myself that I didn't need to be there to be doing this. I wanted out of some of the chaos that comes with living here and being an actor.

In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.

My cheerleader part in 'Fired Up!' is really funny.

I've never been fired from an acting job.

I love acting - I love doing it. It's a lot of fun, but for the longest time, I wanted to become a firefighter. I still do want to become a firefighter.

'Coronation Street' was my first job, Zoe was a controversial character, and I wasn't used to everyone looking at me.

My first job was an AFI short film, 'Chasing Daylight,' when I was 11, and I made a couple of commercials that never aired.

I got my Equity card playing Helena in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' and I think that's the first job I got that was an offer.

I used to do a little acting in school. It was my first love, and I really thought I would be doing it as a career. I really wanted to complete that part of my ambition.

Theater is certainly - is my first love, if I had to pick.

Acting is certainly my first love, but writing and directing has been on the 'to do' list for a long time.

I have been into acting and direction, but choreography is my first love.

My first love is acting, not directing.

Music was my first love; acting was something that wasn't important to me early on.

I admit, music is my first love. I enjoy acting but I couldn't give up my music.

First of all, the leads aren't the kind of acting work that I like. The parts that are meatier are not the ones that have to have a romance.