Quotes About Acting

I'm actually thinking about acting lessons. If somebody says to me, 'You can be in the movies,' I'd be pretty happy.

My advice to new artists is to forget about all of this and take acting and dancing lessons and become a video star.

Theatre contributes in the growth of an actor and lets one know the real worth of acting.

You have to have brilliant people to work opposite, and then it does become like a real tennis match and this is our sport. With somebody like Mark Lewis Jones, who is extraordinary anyway, you just know it's going to be a good match.

Even though I'm an actor, I'm a very bad liar.

I think all actors are professional liars.

I'd love my own show, but I'm really happy to be on 'Pretty Little Liars.'

I can't act. I can't lie.

Well, I do lie for a living. I'm an actor.

I'm not one of those actors who lies about their age.

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your character.

With acting, it wouldn't be about money: it would be about taking my life experiences and using them to create art.

It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person.

I met some lifelong friends doing 'The Archers.'

I like acting. I really like acting. The career, it can keep you interested. With 'Entourage,' the characters are living a lifestyle that is kind of troubling. But the challenge is to make Shauna a person.

I got the role of a lifetime in Rajinder Singh Bedi's 'Phagun' in 1973. I had to play Jaya Bachchan's mother. That did it for me. I was suddenly flooded with mother's roles.

Most of the shows that are offered to me have characters that are in the relatable space, mostly slice-of-life and light-hearted shows.

I had a chance to get used to the lights and the camera without all that pressure to... emote.

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

I knew I wanted to act since I was 10, but I didn't actually start acting until I was in high school. My favorite play was 'Lilies of the Field.'

You can be as good an actor as you want but, if your accent is too strong, it's going to limit you.

I don't have any limitations that I only want to do serious films. I am trying to break that image but not very consciously.

I always loved acting, but when you get older and you're going through adolescence, the roles are limited.