Quotes about Acting
I like very much to do movies.
— John Malkovich
Acting is all about reacting. When you look into the eyes of your co-star and there is truth in his eyes, giving a reaction becomes so much easier.
— Shabana Azmi
I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey.
— Toni Collette
I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.
— James Wolk
I've been looking to do TV for a while. I've always done guest starring stuff. I've done a couple of multi-episode arcs, and I've always loved the experience.
— Christina Ricci
Money was always on my mind when I was growing up. So I was always wondering how we were going to afford this and that. Acting seemed to be a shortcut out of the mess.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal.
— Gloria Steinem
I knew it would soon be the end, so I played the part, you know, the part of how shall I say, I dont know.
— Samuel Beckett
Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little kids they want to play, and I don't have time for that.
— Denzel Washington
It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where Truth is not the bottom, Nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep and betray herself one time or other.
— John Tillotson
I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.
— John Malkovich