Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gillian Jacobs

I went to college and got my degree in acting, but because it was all theater, I really consider my first couple years on 'Mad Men' as amazing training for working in television and for acting on-camera.

Daisy Ridley

I went to a school called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. I went because initially I was very naughty, and my mom thought if I was busy, I'd be better. And I didn't really do acting until later on in the school, with an amazing teacher. I left, went traveling, came back.

Trace Adkins

Like tonight, I've got to go on stage, and man, my stomach has been hurting a lot, ... I'm dreading it. My gut's been cramping up, and it's burning, and I pretty much just want to sit here. When you hit the stage, you don't have the luxury of acting like you don't want to be there. You have to be on.

Michael Kelly

I was in college, and I studied everything, but was really not good at anything until I found philosophy, and, then, political science. I thought, 'Wow, this is something I really enjoy.' I kind of got into that whole world of law and political science. I was really into it and enjoying it, and then I took an acting elective, and that was it.

Sean Casey

I think everybody's watching what's going on, and we need to start acting and reaching out,

I teased Geoffrey. I told him he had become my id, ... Every antisocial thought I ever had, he was gleefully acting out on screen.

Charlotte McKinney

I think I'm most excited about traveling and shooting and spending time in L.A. I have a great talent agency there and, you know, working with my acting coach and really putting in the time and effort to transition into the acting.

Robert Patrick

I think I have a good reputation around town as a hard-working actor who shows up and does his stuff and is professional. I like to think I have a blue collar work ethic. I've never seen acting as a birth right, something that you should take for granted. I think it's a rare kind of job that if you get the opportunity to do, you should be pretty grateful for it. So, I try not to take it for granted.

I think he regrets what occurred but felt he was justified in his actions based on Mr. Tomlinson being at his house and acting in a threatening manner.

I think he has a systematic inner logic whenever he's working, including acting. He knows exactly how he wants to proceed. It's best when people don't get in his way. I'm not saying he'd be rude, but it would throw him off. He doesn't need a lot of direction in his life. He knows just where he's going, in acting or anything else.

Elizabeth Banks

I suppose the best advice I ever got, frankly the advice that changed my life, came from my uncle who told me to go to drama school and study acting instead of taking a job, because he said the job would always be there.

James Franco

I think I would feel pretty foolish hanging around acting like James Dean with my friends. So I couldn't do that. I had to be away from them. I wanted to get comfortable with that, and the only way I could do that is just constantly do it.

I thought it was great. He always seems to make things make sense without acting like Forrest Gump.

I thought if my mom has something that she can do with children with acting and speaking to your peers, then other parents have things they could teach.

Kaley Cuoco

John was the smartest and most amazing comedian I've ever worked with. I think more than teaching me about acting or comedy, he taught me about life and the love of people and respect of people.

Evan Wolfson

Judicial restraint is a buzzword just like activist judge. Everybody's in favor of judicial restraint, but what does it mean? If it means not acting as a check against majoritarian excesses or upholding constitutional rights against improper government action, then restraint is not something admirable.

Geoff Davis

It is difficult to acknowledge that mistakes were made in the critical first few hours when the impact of the devastation was first coming into view, because none of us want to believe that officials weren't acting quickly enough, ... But the harsh reality is that mistakes were made.

Dito Montiel

I'm such a fan of actors and also enjoy watching them work so that I can help their acting in any way I can. Sometimes it walks a tricky line because you want to be entertaining to some degree. But honesty is always entertaining to me. I'm a big Woody Allen and Spike Lee fan, and I find their films to be very honest.

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.

I believe that these sea lions that are washing up along the coast are actually acting as important canaries in the coal mine, warning us of some ocean changes that contribute in fact to human health.

having a "Conscious" is not learned by nature or nuture , it is not hereditary or inherited , and you don't get it by belonging to a church. Having a conscious means knowing your actions and inactions affect other's lives and...... and acting accordingly.......Talking the Talk is much different than Walking the Walk

George Packer

Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways that were obviously against their own interests.