Quotes About Acting

actors today think that being true is being nice, or being some other set thing. That is not the truth. That is your miserable habit of boring everybody to death.

By taking elements you observe in life, you can develop qualities in your acting life that you don't ordinarily call upon in your personal life.

If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.

As W. H. Auden noted, "human beings are by nature actors who cannot become something until they have first pretended to be it.

Oh, I play this rather defeated father and husband who's going through a divorce.' 'You!' the actor is unable or unwilling to hide the contempt, outrage and disapproval in his voice. 'What the hell would you know about that?' I grin tightly and move on. So I should be playing nothing but celibate gay men? Is that how acting works?

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it.

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.

I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I'd love to play a really crazy person - someone truly out of her mind.

There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh.

I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.

I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills.

I love to act. I need to act. It's the big itch I need to scratch.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life.

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

Quit acting like a wolf, and feel the shepherd's love filling you.

I love acting and I know that's a cliché, but I didn't really, I was very naïve when it came to the whole being recognized thing.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.'

If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me.

With every part you act, there must be a little of yourself in it. If there isn't, it's not acting. It's lying.

Actors," he says, "should only be superficial on the surface.