Act Quotes

I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off into the sunset thing that people wanted me to play after Brown Sugar.

I'm not a novelty act from the '80s in most parts of the world.

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.

I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

It is only with the passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 that we have been able to put a dent in violence against women, and women have had a place to go.

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

I've worked with some actors who can't act.

I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it's difficult.

This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time.

If we don't act now, the death tax will come back in just a few years. Under current law the death tax is phased out in 2010 but comes back in full force in 2011. That is a ridiculous and untenable policy.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.

Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me.

I don't have any desire to ever act again full time.

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

Act, and God will act.

We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people.

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.

It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.

If values matter in an organisation, you have to be prepared to act consistently.

A kiss with anyone, on or off camera, can be intimidating. I've been kissing for nearly two decades now, and I'm always convinced I'm not doing it right. Chemistry is so important in a great kiss. You can act your way through anything, but it's hard with a kiss.

No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment.

To act with a tennis ball and imagine it's a tentacle, or if you're in some kind of wilderness film and you go, 'Okay, we can't have a grizzly bear here, but imagine when you step over the rock there there's a grizzly bear.' I don't know. They're tough moments.

One must act in painting as in life, directly.

I can dance, act, beatbox and whistle very well.

Being a Barrymore didn't help me, other than giving me a great sense of pride and a strange spiritual sense that I felt OK about having the passion to act. It made sense because my whole family had done it and it helped rationalise it for me.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and, of course, designed for nefarious purposes.