Acting Quotes - Page 21

• I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.

  James Wolk

  Entertainment, Grew Up, Grew

  "James Wolk Interview LONE STAR". Promo Interview, collider.com. September 15, 2010.

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• When I was young, my parents made me listen to old music and watch Jimmy Durante. I fell in love with the whole mystique of acting and entertainment.

  James Wolk

  Parent, Watches, Entertainment

  "James Wolk Is an OK Dancer, a Great Liar & a Few Other Things His Wikipedia Page Won't Tell You". Interview with Julie Vadnal, www.elle.com. September 20, 2010.

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• I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions.

  Brittany Murphy

  Decision, Visceral

  "Brittany Murphy, Actress in 'Clueless,' Dies at 32" by Sarah Wheaton, www.nytimes.com. December 21, 2009.

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• Regarding green screen, green screen is really like doing some stage work. You have to make believe that there is a window, make believe that something is there that is really not there and convince the audience. It's part of acting.

  Benicio Del Toro

  Believe, Green, Window

  "Benicio del Toro Interview THE WOLFMAN". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 9, 2010.

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• I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.

  Benicio Del Toro

  Sports, Men, Thinking

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• I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.

  Clive Owen

  Writing, Thinking, People

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• I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

  Clive Owen

  Character, Fighting, Creating

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• I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.

  Clive Owen

  Clothes, People, Effort

  "Milan Party Report: New Masculinity, Clive Owen-Approved" by Josh Peskowitz, www.esquire.com. June 23, 2010.

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• I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.

  Selma Blair

  Voice, People, Pulling Away

  "Selma Blair interview: 'I could be living in a castle right now, with Tom Cruise'". Interview with Jane Mulkerrins, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2012.

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• Right before I got 'Sons of Anarchy,' I actually quit acting for 18 months and didnt read a single script, and I wrote a film. I felt like I needed to do something that I had control over, as an artist, and also just do something where I felt like I had some control over my life, as just a human, out in the world.

  Charlie Hunnam

  Son, Artist, World

  "Charlie Hunnam Talks FRANKIE GO BOOM, the Success of SONS OF ANARCHY, His Desire to Direct, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 13, 2012.

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• Acting is not a profession of competing with other actors, but rather a vocation of sharing with fellow human beings.

  Marjo-Riikka Makela

  Actors, Vocation, Competing

  speech at the opening ceremony for Chekhov Studio International, Los Angeles, 2009.

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• I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.

  Eddie Murphy

  Artist

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• That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden sides of yourself.

  Julie Kavner

  Dark, Play, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as Im in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise.

  David Harewood

  Wise, Worry, Parent

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• You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.

  Rachel McAdams

  Believe, Stories, Partners

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. June 23, 2004.

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• The only thing I don't like about acting is that it takes so much time away from my family. Otherwise, I don't have any complaints.

  Mark Wahlberg

  My Family, Complaints, Time Away

  "Mark Wahlberg: 'I've been hustling my entire life'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2013.

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• Acting helped me as I was growing up. It helped me learn about myself, helped me travel, helped me understand life, express myself, all those wonderful things. So I'm very, very grateful; it's a fun job. It's a luxury.

  Angelina Jolie

  Jobs, Growing Up, Fun

  "Angelina Jolie On Marriage, Brad, Her Kids & Pregnancy", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 28, 2010.

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• When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.

  Nick Offerman

  School, Years, Play

  "Nick Offerman Of ‘Parks And Recreation’ On Ron Swanson, The Cubs And, Duh, Facial Hair". Interview with Joseph Erbentraut, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2012.

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• The thing about acting is that it's fairly random. At the end of the day you take what drifts past you or what's given to you.

  Ben Whishaw

  Past, The End Of The Day, Ends

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.

  Ben Whishaw

  Character, Stories, Things I Love

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The whole acting thing is a buffet. One, in terms of role choice and movie choice, I like to do lots of different things, and I think that's the whole fun of it. But I also see it as a buffet in terms of the character.

  Topher Grace

  Fun, Character, Thinking

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• If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

  Jon Voight

  Advice, Actors, Scene

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• Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

  Sophie Marceau

  Writing, Months, Three

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• I really dislike watching myself on screen. I am very insecure about my acting. We are our own biggest critics. I have to sit in another room to my parents when they watch it.

  Sophie Turner

  Insecure, Parent, Rooms

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• After being in one movie, it didn't seem like that would be my life. I had done several jobs, briefly. I'd been a shipping clerk, I worked in a copy shop, I didn't think the acting was going to go on and on.

  Wallace Shawn

  Jobs, Thinking, Clerks

  "Wallace Shawn juggles acting jobs and play writing". Interview with Dany Margolies, www.reuters.com. February 1, 2011.

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