Acting Quotes - Page 114

Singing is the rawest thing. Having been naked in films or naked in photo shoots, it's nothing compared to singing. It's absolute nakedness. You are stripped bare! It's very strange. Acting seems much easier, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off.

The people I worked with were supportive, and I'm flattered that you would call what I did 'acting.'

I love acting so much, but listening to music and making music has been the greatest savior for me.

You don't have that interaction with the audience when you're acting for film; you're kind of acting in a vacuum. You're acting for a disinterested grip who just wants to reply to his wife about what time he'll be home for dinner. Everyone else on a film set is also there because they're paid to be there. They're not there because they're passionate about what you do necessarily.

I decided at age 5 to start acting and I have never wanted to do anything else.

I got into acting to get my foot in the door for film-making.

I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.

My first acting role as a kid was on Freaks and Geeks.

And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.

Are you a peice of Saran Wrap? No Well then why are you acting so clingy?

When you pick a career like acting, it's challenging, but it's a lesson every time you put yourself out there. I wouldn't change it for the world - I love what I learn every single day.

I started taking acting classes when I was twelve.

I really enjoy singing and I really enjoy acting, but singing I've been doing since I was really young.

Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it.

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.

Particularly with the plays I choose, they're good parts, and they're parts that have been around long before a bad actor played them, and will be around long after I play them. Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat.

Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore.

My cholera's acting up again.

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

As you climb of the organizational ladder, you have to redefine your role in the value chain from player to captain to coach to manager, and for some, to owner. These are different roles and you won't be able to succeed as a manager when you're acting like a player.

As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all men, acting collectively.