Quotes About Acting

I think it's a style of acting that you trust. You trust the instincts.

The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting.

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

What is with this dog?" Erin demanded "she's acting like a stripper with new tits." "She's proud" Annalisa said. "She's one of us," Jace added. "She's a dog .

He prefers a deliberate performance that can be made to seem spontaneous.

Daniel Radcliffe

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.

Acting, Dickens and his contemporaries believed, was the art of gesture, no more and no less.

We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are.

We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are." "So

Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.

He talks like me when I'm pretending." Matt deepened his voice, "Like this - I'm Spiderman." I stared down at Matthew. "Well, you're right, Matt," I said. "He is pretending." "But who is he pretending to be?" Matt asked. "Himself," I said.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I love roles where I am required to prepare physically. And it's fun putting on weight and eating.

So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

I love playing characters that are bigger than life and maybe have a darker side that they present to the world. Those are good characters.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.

I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.

I love the acting process. What I don't like is what's around it. The auditions and being rejected every other day. The look thing. That you have to lose weight, that you have to do Botox.

I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now.