Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Rickman

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

Al Pacino

Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does with it, that's something else, but he's got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that's why he has endured.

Al Pacino

Either I act or I die.

Al Pacino

I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.

Al Pacino

It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.

Al Pacino

A lot of acting is private time.

Chow Yun-Fat

An actor is only merchandise.

David Morrissey

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

David Koechner

That's what acting is, it's exploring conflict.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody.

Corey Haim

I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be.

Norman Mailer

Los Angeles is a constellation of plastic.

Hugh Laurie

I do actually like Los Angeles. Partly because I was told I wouldn't.

Ioan Gruffudd

I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles and rehearsing and auditioning the whole time.

Emily Mortimer

Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.

Emanuel Ax

I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.

Mary-Louise Parker

I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't do a lot of superfluous press.

Lea Michele

Los Angeles has been good to me.