Acting Quotes - Page 14

At long as a stock is acting right, and the market is right, do not be in a hurry to take profits. One should never permit speculative ventures to run into investments.

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.

God’s wrath is his righteousness reacting against unrighteousness.

Acting on even a twig of faith allows God to grow it.

I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn't going well, you can't say - well, you could say - let's stop. Let's start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous.

God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not.

I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much.

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.

Faith is acting like God is telling the truth.

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

We don't settle for anything less than excellence.

I could feel my body temperature - I knew I was bright red. It was so humiliating, I was so upset, and it was nothing I had planned to do. It was just one of those beautiful moments, the alchemy of acting that is so mysterious, where you sort of go, "How did that come out of me?"

I don't need to be successful. I love theater and I love acting so as long as I'm doing that I'm happy and I'm learning. If I end up going back to the U.K. to do some theater, great! Sounds fantastic.

One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.

Modeling teaches you to be completely conscious of the camera. Acting is being totally unconscious of it.

Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.

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.

It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting.

One went to school, one wanted to act, one started to act, and one's still acting.

I didn't really like modeling; it was fun but I always wanted acting.

Like the Bible, Stanislavsky's basic texts on acting can be quoted to any purpose.

What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?

The choice is between acting with energy or losing by default.

Anyone can see that intending and not acting when we can is not really intending, and loving and not doing good when we can is not really loving.

I love acting, and I`m not going to determine what I do based on what I fear other people might think. I do what I want to do.