Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mariana Klaveno

Part of what makes me love acting so much is, I love the mystery of the universe and the human experience, and storytelling is a great way to perform that, and that is always inspiring to me.

Nicholas Hoult

I'd just like to carry on acting.

Portia de Rossi

I love to work. I really enjoy getting up really early and driving downtown. I just really love the process of acting and being on a series.

Nelson Mandela

None of us, acting alone, can achieve the success.

Nelsan Ellis

I'd always dabbled in acting.

Neill Blomkamp

There's a lot of evidence in evolutionary sciences that show that altruism and acting in ways that are empathetic to others are actually beneficial on an evolutionary basis.

Neil Strauss

One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself.

Nichelle Nichols

It's just coincidental that the acting took off first over everything else.

Nhat Hanh

Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?

Joe Strummer

I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.

Keanu Reeves

Violence within the context of policing has a sense of control and power to it, whether it is dominance, getting what you want, or acting out of emotion. At the same time, it is not ultimately satisfying and [you are] trapped in the cycle.

Kristen Stewart

Acting was my classroom in many ways and I always believed and I still do that acting is not just about pretending to be someone else, it's also about discovering yourself and reaching deeper inside yourself.

Olivia Wilde

My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the world. But, what makes me want to stay in this business and keep doing this are movies when it's a true labor of love.

Kevin McKidd

I really just like acting. I'm not always aware of what is hip and what is popular and what is zeitgeist.

Lillian Gish

Never get caught acting.

Lillian Gish

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

Paul Scofield

I found at this point that effective acting wasn't what I wanted to do, that I didn't want to make effects, that I wanted, as it were, to leave an impression of a particular kind of human being.

Oscar Wilde

It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting

Macaulay Culkin

I've always said that acting found me. I didn't really find it.

Liv Ullmann

Life experiences become acting experiences, which in turn become life experiences.

Liv Ullmann

Oh, those wonder-filled evenings when acting enables me for a short moment to have more life.

Michael Jackson

I always hated the world "acting" - to say, "I'm an actor." It should be more like a believer.

Melanie Lynskey

The acting life is different than I thought it would be. I love it - it's actually a lot less pressure than I thought it would be.

Melissa Leo

Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.

Marilyn Monroe

Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.

Marilyn Monroe

There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.

Marilyn Monroe

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right.

Marilyn Monroe

Of the nude pictures: Sure I posed. I needed the money.

Nikki Cox

Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.

Nick Offerman

I come from the theater, where I got into acting because I love transforming. I love nothing more than to be unrecognizable.

Matt Dillon

Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing.

Matt Damon

Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear. I'm not saying that's a good thing; as an actor its anathema to good acting, but to have someone with the confidence to say that should I be utterly natural and minimalist is great.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.