Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mamie Van Doren

I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.

Roger Bart

Life changed at 40 for me, as predicted by my acting teacher when I was leaving college. I became more hirable and more interesting... I'm not sure why.

Jim Schaefer

Lori feels she was acting in Mrs. Smith's best interest during the entire time she had power of attorney.

Lance Henriksen

Look, there's an element in acting where they hand you a script, and you know everything there is to know about this character. You know what's going to happen at the end of the movie. That in itself gives you a sense of world-weariness. It's like knowing your own death, every time.

Tom Davies

Many in the private sector have expressed strong support for this model but have also expressed concerns about voluntarily sharing information with the government and the unintended consequences they could face for acting in good faith,

O. Henry

(Selig) may have, in fact, saved the industry from itself by acting to limit debt.

Richard Blumenthal

mindful of the fact that a lot of consumers have been harmed and we want to assure them that we're acting properly.

Tod Young

Mr. Kennedy was out of control and acting out of desperation. He owed money and was fearful.

Atharva Veda

May your mind be infused with 'one' thought(concentration of mind)! May every action of yours be embellished by 'one' thought! May your resolution be 'one'. You, who are acting to the contrary, your disposition shall have opposite orientation.

Dennis Haysbert

Europeans have a different take [on nudity] than American actors do. They're not quite as hung up.

Debra Winger

I became an actor because I couldn't not.

Dominic Monaghan

I hope to be an actor and never retire.

Dito Montiel

To me, the screenplay only becomes the Bible of the film after the actors have been cast.

Aaron Eckhart

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.

Aaron Eckhart

I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.

Baz Luhrmann

I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.

Ludwig von Mises

It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at.

Aaron Paul

I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.

Dominique de Villepin

Accusations are useless.

Aaron Copland

The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.

Warda Tahir

When together, an ocean. When separate, a useless drop.

A. J. Jacobs

Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that's eating me alive.

Dave Barry

It would be hard to conceive of any activity more useless than stamp collecting.

Alan Coren

The word "souvenir" has, of course, slightly extended itself in meaning until it now denotes almost anything either breakable or useless; but even today, ninety per cent of the items covered by the word are forgettable objects in which cigarettes can be left to go stale.

Charles Bukowski

And don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless.

Abu Bakr

Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Planning is useless... but the process itself is indispensable.