Acting Quotes - Page 4

Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.

I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.

Ricardo Montalban is to improvisational acting what Mount Rushmore is to animation.

The only way you can sustain a permanent change is to create a new way of thinking, acting, and being.

I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up.' You can start to analyze it too much.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

It is easier to act yourself into a new way of feeling than to feel yourself into a new way of acting.

When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that what you say is so important the whole world must listen.

As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.

Listening is not merely hearing, it is receiving the message that is being sent to you. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is letting it land before you react. Listening is letting your reaction make a difference. Listening is active.

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year.

It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.

Music means freedom to me. But in acting you can pretend to be someone else and I like that.

To be an actor you have to be a child.

I'm getting positive feedback for my acting so we'll see if any other interesting parts come up.

Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

Find in yourself those human things which are universal.

Are you suggesting that the gods have trouble acting together, young lady?" Dionysus asked. Yes, Lord Dionysus." Mr. D nodded. "Just checking. You're right, of course. Carry on.