Quotes About Acting

Shawn's (Shawn Weatherly - former beauty queen) acting ability is such that she could not convey the concept of falling if your pushed her off a cliff.

I was on Stealing Beauty in 1996 and then I started feeling acting was something I wanted to do forever. It made me feel like I'll still be looking for parts when I'm 70 years old.

I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.

We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess.

I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and changed the bulb. When I got off the bed he said: 'That's the best acting you've ever done.

The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive.

Once you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything.

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

People ask me, "How's Teen Wolf?," and I tell them it's literally the best job I've ever had.

With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.

I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but its to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.

I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.

I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor.

The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.

I think it's important to keep the audience interested. But the best advice that I've gotten is to live in the moment. Sometimes you can get too into your head when you're in a scene.

Acting has been my lover and best friend. My confidant and my tormentor. It has given me support and broken my heart and mended it.

I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was good at, that was the thing that came the most naturally to me.

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.

I have talent at playing myself. I don't have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It's more than fun; it's the best job on Earth.

I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight.

Aaron Echolls is one of the best characters that I've ever played.

I would have loved to do romantic comedies. That's what I think I would be best at.

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.