Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gene Wilder

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

Gene Wilder

I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on an act, because in life, I wasn't funny and I felt on stage or in the movies, I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.

William Story

The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart,Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.

William Story

The hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart, Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part.

The exact shape of that is open, but I envision doing residencies there, training their kids in acting techniques and improvisation, doing performances and then having their kids doing shows on our stage.

Alex Rodriguez

The guys got on me, for acting like a little kid out there.

James MacArthur

I got into the acting business very young.

James Lipton

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

Joe Rogan

The only time I commit to conspiracy theories is when something way retarded happens. Like Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone.

Joan Jett

I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.

Emmanuelle Beart

I started acting without any vocation. I continued out of love.

Emma Stone

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.

Emma Watson

I had been doing something for more than half of my life that I wanted to continue doing - I really loved making the film and I really love acting and it is what I want to do.

The first time I saw 'Private Practice,' I was hooked. The camera work is captivating, the acting is the-best-of-the-best amazing, and each storyline is so interesting and different.

Edward White

The children were supposed to become Muslims. They were acting as a Muslim would act.

The company's not going out of business, but ironically it's acting like a cyclical, which drug companies aren't supposed to do. The turnaround may not happen for a couple of years, but it's a well run company that just happens to be facing a lot of problems.

The commission is acting like a toothless tiger and sending the wrong message to the business world by not taking legal action under the Trade Practices Act.

Sean Bean

My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad.

Mick Jagger

Acting is mostly interpretive. They use different parts of you, and different sides of you, and different so-called talents.

Michael Learned

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

Sienna Miller

I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.

Sheridan Smith

I'm just some commoner trying to work in acting.

John Wayne

General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself."

Martin Mull

You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is

Scott Caan

If you love acting and you've ever experienced theater, then you know that in a movie it's almost impossible to live out that experience, unless you're a Pacino or a De Niro or somebody who gets to pick their parts.

Tom Hiddleston

Acting takes a degree of mutual trust and respect.

Tom Hiddleston

With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.

Tom Cullen

I came to acting quite late. I tried not to be an actor.

Tom Cruise

The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.

Sofia Vassilieva

There is work, and there is pleasure, Acting is pleasure.

Smiley Blanton

To be happy, drop the words 'if only' and substitute instead the words 'next time'.

Michelle Ryan

All that celebrity stuff isn't me. It's just not acting.

Michelle Pfeiffer

I decided I needed something that I could feel as passionate about as acting, and something in which I could completely lose myself. I started painting, and I'm still doing it.