Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dwayne Hickman

I have always loved art and architecture, in fact, that has always been my first love, never acting or film work.

I have been given some information that confirms the presence of Syrian intelligence agents still operating inside Lebanon. This includes the infiltration by Syria of the Lebanese security forces, some of whom are acting for Syria.

Jane Levy

I have amazing parents and some really great friends that would kick my butt if I ever started acting different.

Kit Harington

I find you can lose yourself in an acting sense in a fight far more easily than you can in a dialogue scene, and I love that about it. We try as actors all the time: we strive just to completely sort of lose ourselves in the moment, and we never quite get there, but in a fight, you can do it in seconds; that is what I love about it.

Sophie Okonedo

I find it so all-encompassing when acting that there's no room for anything else when you're in it; you're just locked into thinking about it all day, you go to sleep with it, wake up with it, and when I come back, I really need time to recover.

I first got into performing when I was eight. It wasn't until I started going out for shows for 'First Stage' or H.O.T. (Huntington Outdoor Theatre) that I really began thinking of acting as a career.

Skylar Astin

I first got into acting when I was 14, coming back from a junior high school basketball game. My mom picked me up and she had been mentioning, prior to that, this community production of 'Godspell', a couple towns over. I was reluctant, at first, and she bribed me with some great dinner that was in that town, neighboring the theater.

Kim Wilde

I did drama at school and wrote plays, so getting up and acting or singing in front of people was always something that came natural to me.

Shelley Conn

I did a practical theatre degree, which I took seriously, and then told my parents I wanted to go into acting - because up until that point you could still say you were going to become a teacher. So I told my parents, and they said: 'But of course, that's what we always thought you were doing to do.' Until then, I was still in the acting closet.

Justin Chon

I did an internship in the Silicon Valley during the Internet boom. I couldn't imagine sitting in a cubicle the rest of my life, so I gave acting a try. I would have been happy doing theater and making nothing.

James Carafano

I can't see the House acting in any way on the Senate, and I can't see the Senate acting in any way on the House.

Bud Selig

I have been saying for some time that my goal for this industry is zero tolerance. We are acting today to help restore the confidence of our fans in this great game.

William Faulkner

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and selfrespect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, so I thought I'd get a good education and do some acting at the same time.

Richard Harmon

I don't have an acting coach, but the closest thing I have would be some of my peers that are my close friends. We bounce ideas off each other and help one another run our lines all the time.

I don't know anybody else that has a specialty. There may be somebody in the acting world that has concentrated on this. But in terms of the musical thing, I have yet to find someone.

Sid Caesar

I didn't allow cue cards because, to my mind, when you're acting with someone you listen when they speak,

Jeff Kent

I don't feel a sense of urgency. We've been trying to gain ground almost all year, but I don't see guys acting any different than earlier. And if they are, then they weren't doing a good enough job before.

Justin Chon

I didn't become an actor to be famous. I genuinely love acting and never expected to make a penny at it.

David Schwimmer

I didn't ask to be followed by five video guys from 'Hard Copy' that harass you with bright lights in your face and ask you questions and try to incite you. I didn't ask for that. I never went into acting for that, or to be in the public eye simply by walking down the street, not being able to eat a meal without being interrupted.

I don't believe the agency was acting independently, ... It's very troubling.

Cindy Busby

I'd definitely like to study other things and keep on learning all the time, but I wouldn't want to do anything else. Ultimately, acting is my craft. I've always been interested in psychology and nutrition, but I don't know that I'd go and make that my profession.

Murray Bartlett

I always wanted to live outside of Australia... because I think it's good to see the world and get out of where you've been living, particularly if you're from somewhere like Australia, which is so isolated from the rest of the world. I chose New York because there was such a great choice of acting classes and it's such an intense place.

Jonah Hill

I always wanted to be a film-maker when I was younger, not an actor. I was an eight-year-old who dreamed of being a writer on 'The Simpsons,' which was a weird dream to have. But I started taking acting classes as a way to learn how to direct actors and I sort of fell in love with it.

Cameron Diaz

Acting allows me to tell a lot of stories, you know start at the beginning, finish at the end, and tell everything in between. Modelling is just an image.

Celia Imrie

Anyone who goes on the stage is a show-off, aren't they? Acting's weird.

Alan Davies

I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs.

Charlene Tilton

I haven't really focused so much on getting acting work.

Alanna Ubach

I was so naive when I began acting, professionally.

Bonnie Wright

When you start so young working, you build a hunger for acting, working, and a busy life.

Edward Norton

The more you do your homework, the more you're free to be intuitive. But you've got to put the work in.

Olympia Snowe

We should not be acting precipitously to undermine the basic tenet of this program, that has worked well for 70 years by providing a defined, guaranteed benefit,

Gil Bellows

The great thing about acting is that, until you're dead, you can do it. There are aspects to it that as time goes on you hope you get better at, and there are a lot of things that I'm excited to explore.