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Quotes About Acting

Whenever there used to be any audition in Chandigarh I would go for it.
~ Wamiqa Gabbi
Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.
~ Ewan McGregor
I've spent a part of my life focused on acting, so if there was an opportunity that I'm right for and I feel confident, I would definitely go for it.
~ Jessie Pavelka
When I'm not acting, I like to go home and be really normal. So I usually grow out my hair until I get the next part.
~ Paul Dano
It's fun to play a dark character, but you go home at the end of the day not feeling very good about yourself. You go away feeling dirty. It seeps into the air.
~ Douglas Booth
The script looks huge when you first get it, but you just have to go home and drill the lines out. The more you read it, the shorter it gets. I usually read it at least four times.
~ Ray Fearon
You do some acting in a room for a few minutes, hopefully get something out of it that makes you a bit better at acting, and go home. Maybe the people in the room with you liked the acting you did. Maybe they didn't! Either way, it's not the end of the world; you'll be doing this again soon.
~ Liv Hewson
I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well.
~ Ricky Gervais
I do my acting job and then get out on the golf course as quickly as I can.
~ Jackie Coogan
At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.
~ Larry David
I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.
~ John Carney
I don't discriminate against straight or gay people in casting; I'm open to good acting.
~ Del Shores
Crying does not equal good acting.
~ Maxine Peake
I think good acting is always character acting.
~ William Sadler
Good acting is good acting, whether it's on stage, on TV, or in films.
~ Cody Fern
When I was a kid, I thought good acting was fascinating, and I could tell the difference. I could see that at like 9 years old.
~ Nnamdi Asomugha
I just don't have the looks and if I don't do a good acting job, I look terrible.
~ Van Heflin
It was nice to have a break from acting - there's a lot more to life than acting. And that's important - to be a good actor, you have to know that and to live that.
~ Alex Sharp
An actor must read a lot. Books not only make one a good actor but also a better human being.
~ Pankaj Tripathi
I don't consider myself a good actor.
~ Hrithik Roshan
I don't know how you can tell a good actor in the movies. I really don't. I think you simply just do the part and hope to God that the director has a good cutter and a good editor, and it'll all get cut and put together so that you look good in it.
~ Walter Matthau
Ryerson helped me because I was around acting all the time. It was pretty much all I thought about, even if I didn't really get to practice every day; I definitely thought about it. Actually a lot of it was just sitting and watching, especially in my last year, but I think a good actor learns from everything.
~ Mena Massoud
You will have some people, who think you are are not a good actor because you are pretty. There will be people, who can see past your appearance and take you seriously.
~ Amyra Dastur
I think anybody can be a good actor.
~ Jamie Kennedy