Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Hutcheson

That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.

Francis Hutcheson

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to act.

Francesca Annis

I do find acting cathartic.

Kenneth Edmonds

So most of the acting that's done are usually Canadians and because it's shot in Toronto, there's this law that you have to use Canadians for extras.

Kristin Kreuk

Sometimes I love acting but then sometimes I think it's too much for me. And I don't know if it is something that I could do for the rest of my life.

I've had an uneasy feeling for a long time that the government simply was not acting with a sense of crisis, with a sense of urgency.

I'm over here at the Trumbull Marriott - all by myself. Today's just another example of them not acting in good faith.

I'm just hoping guys aren't reading the papers and guys are acting like kids and having fun. It seems like when this team is having fun, it's when we play the best. We haven't been doing that lately because guys have been putting pressure on themselves.

Erland Josephson

I was mainly a stage actor. I found film acting mechanical, because it was so technical - there was so much technique with the lamps and the movements of the camera.

Finn Wittrock

You learn a lot about acting and being physical and being on stage, but there is technical stuff on camera that you can't learn until you do it.

Fionnula Flanagan

The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated.

Fiona Shaw

Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.

Henri Frederic Amiel

We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.

Cate Blanchett

If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else.

Cate Blanchett

I'm a horrible person. And it's just coming out in my work.

Cate Blanchett

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.

Cate Blanchett

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

Jermaine Dupri

Everybody's got to stop acting like they wear bandanas all day, every day. You've got to face the facts that you do sit on the phone sometimes.

Michael Foley

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The best thing you can see as a worship leader is people getting involved and acting spontaneously.

David Sobel

The Administration has confirmed the existence of the program, but released very little information that sheds light on the key question (of) whether the government is acting illegally.

Boris Yeltsin

That is why...I have to present acting ministers to the president and I am already doing so.

Sydney is acting as a major drag on the NSW economy and the weak update on major renovations is just one among a plethora of indicators pointing to NSW having slipped behind the pack.

E. P. Thompson

It's unfortunate that the acting secretary seems to indicate that there is not any urgency to the levee situation.

Cramer's moving the markets like the star Internet analysts did during the tech bubble. He's got a big following of people who think they're acting responsibly by following Cramer's advice--but in reality he's dangerous to their health.

You, the aspirant for supreme mind, progeny, fortune and wealth..... acting in accordance with your husband's wishes, happily pave your way towards immortality.

The North Koreans have every intention to lie, steal and cheat as much as they can get away with and as they have been doing for decades. But they would also say we've been cheating them through the whole process or acting in bad faith.

James Dean

It was an accident, although Ive been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child in school, music, athletics. To me, acting is the most logical way for peoples neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves. To my way of thinking, an actors course is set even before hes out of the cradle.

It's a cause that is worth fighting, it's a noble and historic cause, ... And it's one in which our troops understand the importance of the mission. While these personal sacrifices are tremendous, the consequences of not acting for freedom and for liberty are certainly far greater.

It's acting like it got a best-picture nomination. Maybe that's a sign it should have.

I told Karl you just gotta let me loose, and if I start acting up you can put me back in my cage.

James Dean

It's a nice acting challenge for me because the character's much older and he's Jewish and he's quite lonely. At first he feels like his home is being invaded by this person and they have a few spats, but then he discovers the younger character is also Jewish and he grabs a hold of that. (Gardiner) has other secrets that at first tear us apart then bring us together at the end.

Melissa Ordway

I took theatre and stuff in college, then I took a bunch of different acting classes here in L.A. Sometimes when I have a hard audition, I'll call my acting coach and he'll come help me. I actually get more nervous in acting class than I do at an actual audition. It's actually a really great way to get over your nerves.