Acting Quotes - Page 2

The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the stage and shown to the audience. This life is rich and revealing for the audience as well as for the actor himself.

Real inspired acting is never DOING, it is always HAPPENING

Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.

I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good on my acting ability, which was the only attribute I could offer.

Transfer the point of concentration to some object outside of yourself - another person, a puzzle, a broken plate that you are gluing.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.

I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

Most of the problems in life are because of two reasons, we act without thinking or we keep thinking without acting.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

I figured this was the easy stuff, and if we couldn't show up on time, looking right and acting right, we weren't going to be able to do anything else.

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting.

Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.

One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism

I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent.

Even though it seems like there are a lot of parts, there is really tons of downtime in the acting world.

Every little moment has a meaning all its own.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing's going to change.

Art is violent. To be decisive is violent. ... To place a chair at a partial angle on the stage destroys every other possible choice, every other option.

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.

Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I can't imagine being a woman in the world of acting, like where you age starts to weigh you down - you go from being attractive to where they [directors] decided you're out... I feel like with stand-up comedy, it doesn't matter if I've gotten fatter.