Quotes About Acting

Every time you play a different role with different actors in different locations, you're developing a greater level of comfort in the act of doing this, which is why you're getting better all the time.

I love getting older. I think it has to do with always being the kid on set.

I fought my way into an audition on 'Ghost.'

I'm not a giant rock star. I play one on TV, though.

I have to imagine playing Cruella de Vil in a giant Disney movie is probably a little scary.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new respect for humanity. And I believe that it's also helped me to grow as a person. It's been one of the biggest blessings and expressions that I could have ever been gifted with.

For my first acting gig, I was a hand model for a Barbie commercial that was only going to air in Asia. And I was constantly trying to get my face in the shot.

Some people think it's an easy gig working as an extra, but you often have to stay very concentrated for long stretches in challenging conditions.

My first professional gig was on a show called 'Nikita,' and I played Al Qaeda No. 2. At that time I had to take those roles because I just wanted to get my foot in the door.

I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.

My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.

I don't know what to say about Jill Marie. The girls on 'Girlfriends' were all my babies.

I never went to school wanting to play cute characters or girly characters.

It's not that I don't want to do commercial films, but if my part is just to look pretty, I'm not up for it. I'd do a role that expresses something. It's not that I don't want to look good, but give me a part where I have scope to perform.

My acting gives me my self-worth.

Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.

I'm glad I was in 'The Shining.' It was not a bad experience for me. It just wasn't something that panned out and I decided to go back to being a regular kid.

Most of the time I'm thinking, I'm glad that scene was improvised.

I would be glad to share the screen with anyone as long as I love my character and the story.

We need children to play the parts in movies. I'm just glad it's not my kids.

There are so many roles on TV that I don't covet. I see them, and I'm glad I don't have to play them.

In acting, you get to that place where it's serene, where you just feel it. I'm glad to be doing the drama because you can kind of take your time more and let a moment live more.

I'm glad to see on a first-hand basis how both Andre Braugher and Andy Samberg work. They're both pretty esteemed in both of their fields, respectively - comedy-slash-dramatic acting work.