Quotes About Acting

In fact, it wasn't Cagney so much as Richard Widmark that he secretly imagined himself as, especially in the part of  Harry Fabian in Night and the City, which he had seen four times and

Playing roles and acting are forms of lying. If a person acts like they really feel and it rocks the boat, they are ostracized. We promote pretense and lying as a cultural way of life. Living this way causes an inner split. It teaches us to hide and cover up our toxic shame. This sends us deeper into isolation and loneliness.

Playing roles and acting are forms of lying. If people act like they really feel and it rocks the boat, they are ostracized. We promote pretense and lying as a cultural way of life. Living this way causes an inner split. It teaches us to hide and cover up our toxic shame. This sends us deeper into isolation and loneliness.

The hardest part of acting like you don't care, is knowing how much you actually do.

Sit the comedy out, and that done, when the Play's at an end, let the Curtain fall down.

I'll always have acting. But then if I had to choose something else it'd probably be singing or dancing - if I had to. Or maybe, like, designer, like sketching designs.

I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody.

I never wanted to be a fashion designer, although there is a book somewhere of fashion design I did for a collection when I was seven years old. I always wanted to be an actor.

It's great to do commercial movies; they are fun. You're doing stunts, you are running around, there is a lot of money involved in the production; there are incredible sets and designs.

My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful

I don't have the desire to be the best standup in the UK but I do have the desire to be the best at everything else I do in terms of writing and acting.

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy.

I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.

I still believe Americas destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity.

I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.

I believe there can be dignity in the acting profession. And I think there ought to be more dignity in the publicity an actor gets.

I worked on my voice for 'Sweet Dreams' but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting.

My personal advice is to go to school first and get a liberal arts education, and then if you want to pursue acting, go to graduate school.

I always try to think about what I can do to let people know that I'm just like everyone else. I have two girls here at home I'm trying to raise. I'm trying to be a good stepmom. I'm trying to stay fit and be a good model and break ground in the acting world. I'm working that same struggle every other woman is trying to work.

I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

I don't know how to play evil.