Acting Quotes - Page 80

I've loved acting and dancing since I was a kid. Before anyone thought I was pretty or before I had a voluptuous figure, that was what I was going to do.

Violence within the context of policing has a sense of control and power to it, whether it is dominance, getting what you want, or acting out of emotion. At the same time, it is not ultimately satisfying and [you are] trapped in the cycle.

Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.

I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being in front of people.

Acting is one of the most risky businesses you could ever be in. You literally do not know where your next paycheck will come from.

When I read, it is not acted literature; but what I write is written acting.

The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.

On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.

Basically, editing is done in rehearsal and in the writing process and in the acting, so it's very, very tricky, very, very tricky.

If I wasn't acting, I would probably be working with children. I was a camp counselor growing up and I loved it.

We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us, but we're presumably acting in such a way that people feel morally compelled to continue our mission, not to screw it up.

Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?

Acting is the loneliest profession I know.

A lot of things inspire me. Music, for one; in addition to acting, I'm also a musician.

Parents are heroes already - all they have to do is start acting like it.

I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.

Fame has always been a downside to acting for me. It gives me the creeps.

As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.

If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

Somebody told me, “Twitter hates tabloids, but Twitter is constantly acting like a tabloid, repeating the mistakes of the things we’re hoping to better.” Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.

Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone else's dream.

Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.

Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, these human testimonies which exist to confirm it will not be vain if, as secondary aids to our feebleness, they follow that chief and highest testimony. But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.

I like being employed, you know. That's my favorite kind of acting.