Acting Quotes - Page 52

I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school - and I'm still deferred.

The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.

Religious life ought to promote growth in the Church by way of attraction. The Church must be attractive. Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living! It is possible to live differently in this world.

I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability.

A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only to consider whether in doing anything he or she is doing right or wrong- acting the part of a good person or a bad person.

I can only pay my electric bill for my last two years on my acting.

For me, acting is doing.

Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.

This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing.

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

Acting attracts shy people and show-offs.

My plate is full with just acting. I want to focus on that, and then maybe direct in the future.

Ego is something that you come to know - something that you befriend by not acting out or by repressing all the feelings that you feel.

We will work in conjunction with the administration, passing legislation, repealing and replacing Obamacare. When that actually takes place, will take some time, and the administration will help determine how we phase one out and replace and phase in its replacement. The reason we`re acting now is because Obamacare is collapsing under its own weight.

In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.

The less acting you have to do, the better, I think.

Indeed, the "whole bourgeoisie" on whose behalf the government was acting as its "committee" was a composite of a vast multitude of businessmen appearing as a conglomeration of many different and divergent groups and interests.

That's what I like about acting. When you're preparing for a role, you do your research, and the bonus is you get to learn these skills. Now, it's on to whatever the next thing is I have to learn.

The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously.

Personally I like the slow burn; I don't think there is anything wrong with it. When I think about the movies that were most effective on me as a viewer I think of the original Haunting and the Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, the Sixth Sense, the Others. These movies are not over the top at all, they are movies that rely on good story telling, good acting, good premise, good exposition and I want to stay true to that in future projects.

By acting as you wish yourself to be, in due course you will become as you act.

I've always held to the belief, though, that people who do too much acting training always look like they're acting, you know?

Taking part on this show is a million miles away from my normal acting jobs.

Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.