Acting Quotes - Page 88

Human beings are, necessarily, actors who...can be divided...into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.

I repeat that, in my opinion, the European Commission and the leading European economies are acting very pragmatically and are on the right path.

Every single night I'm nervous.

It's always hard to be private in public, which is what acting is because you have to do thing really emotionally naked.

If you're a boxer, you want to get the ring with a Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali type. When you're acting, you want to get in with Meryl Streep, and that's what I did.

I don't think most people understand acting, even the people who call themselves savvy, even actors.

That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

I've been drawing since I was a little kid, but it's not something I love to do every day. If there's one thing I love to do every day, it'd probably be acting. I can act every day. I'd happily do it, you don't have to pay me. But that's one thing I'd love to do and get paid for.

I would love a recurring role on '90210.' I would say yes to just about any role in acting that doesn't tarnish my image.

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

I had done the child acting thing, which is pretty much learning your lines, standing there looking natural, and having fun.

I learned a lot about acting from the people I worked with.

I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting.

I come from an acting family, my father was an actor, and I had to fight my way and just create my own identity.

Whatever it takes to get you where you need to be, there's nothing wrong with the method acting or having to growl and bang your head in a corner and get into the moment and work yourself into a lather - if that's what it takes, so be it.

I approach every film I do in the same way, whether it's an action film or not an action film. I guess if a certain physicality lends itself to action, but I started acting before I reached puberty. I was 7 years old when I started acting. It wasn't until I became a bouncer in New York.

I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: "If I'm not a star by the time I'm 18, I'll get out of the business."

Most of my confidence came from being with ladies, because I certainly wasn't getting any acting jobs.

Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore.

I came to acting in a very circuitous way.

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.

I've never been in the music industry, only acting.

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.