Acting Quotes

I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it.

But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.

I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.

I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it.

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies.

There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own.

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious.

My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.

Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.

Acting is a youthful profession.

The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced acting to such a degree that they confused it with their true feelings.

That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.

The term papers make me more crazy, because they involve more variables I cannot directly control! With acting, I feel more power-like I'm making all the choices.

Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way.

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be okay.

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.

I was never challenged when it came to acting as a youngster. I sort of just did whatever was given to me without asking questions. I didn't really understand why I enjoyed it or why I did it.

To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.

If laws acting upon private interests can not always be avoided, they should be confined within the narrowest limits, and left wherever possible to the legislatures of the States.

When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro.