Acting Quotes - Page 23

• Between the acting of a dreadful thing
  And the first motion, all the interim is
  Like a phantasma or a hideous dream.

  William Shakespeare

  Dream, Firsts, Crime

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 1, l. 63

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• I love both acting and programming equally. I think it enriches me and enhances me as an artist.

  Masi Oka

  Artist, Thinking, Programming

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• After high school, I was going to move out to L.A. and try to pursue my dreams of acting. My parents said, "Thats fine. We support you, but you have to go to school", which was fine because I'm a studious person anyway, I enjoy it.

  Josie Loren

  Dream, Moving, School

  "Exclusive Interview: MIOBI's Josie Loren". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. May 26, 2011.

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• Sometimes acting is really cool because it forces you to exercise certain muscles in your personality that you wouldn't normally be called upon in life.

  Jenna Fischer

  Exercise, Personality, Sometimes

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• I will end up with someone in the arts. I am positive. I eat, breathe and sleep acting. And I'll end up with someone who is happy staying at home and having me cook supper. But I also really need to be intellectually challenged and stimulated. I want someone bookish, and someone who is passionate.

  Ginnifer Goodwin

  Art, Home, Sleep

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is this miraculous thing I heard Hugh Grant talking about - the thing about screen acting is that you can read people's thoughts. You are trying to register something inside and usually the eyes in cinema are where you will register that.

  Toby Jones

  Eye, Talking, People

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

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• When I told people I was going to be doing the movie and the voice of Dobby, they were kind of awestruck, the people who knew about Harry Potter. I felt rather guilty that I didn't really understand the scale of the job I was about to take on. Now, I am well aware of what I'm doing, and actually, it feels a very serious acting responsibility.

  Toby Jones

  Jobs, Responsibility, Voice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.

  Joan Cusack

  Character, Thinking, Self

  "Celebrity Q+A: Joan Cusack". Interview with Patty A. Martinez, www.familycircle.com.

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• I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.

  Taraji P. Henson

  Art, Two, People

  "Taraji P. Henson Talks THINK LIKE A MAN, PERSON OF INTEREST, Upcoming NO GOOD DEED, and Her Wish to Play Either Whitney Houston or a Superhero". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 16, 2012.

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• A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, People, Actors

  "Interview with Action Film Star Donnie Yen". "Talk Asia", www.cnn.com. October 19, 2011.

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• Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Drama, The End Of The Day

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• For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.

  Donnie Yen

  Character, Challenges, Historical

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• Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

  Jonah Hill

  Wise, Writing, Careers

  IGN Interview, www.ign.com. May 31, 2007.

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• I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first audition for a film he was in, called 'I Heart Huckabees.'

  Jonah Hill

  Writing, Heart, Play

  "Jonah Hill: 'People think I'm a horny, foul-mouthed teenager. But I'm 26 and very ambitious'". Interview With Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2010.

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• I really do want to act, I love acting, and I want to do it in the long run.

  Joel Courtney

  Running, Long, Want

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• That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.

  Keith Coogan

  Mother, Eye, Voice

  "EXCLUSIVE: Keith Coogan Talks The Fox and the Hound 30th Anniversary Blu-ray". Interview with B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. August 15, 2011.

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• A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possible. But when you're on stage making people laugh, you're still acting. I think it helped me a bunch to go on stage two or three times a week.

  Ben Schwartz

  Thinking, Play, Two

  "Undercovers' Ben Schwartz on Agent Hoyt, Action Stunts and Improv in the Spy World". Interview with Kate Stanhope, www.tvguide.com. October 12, 2010.

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• Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.

  Reid Scott

  Listening, Attention, Ifs

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• I'll always have acting. But then if I had to choose something else it'd probably be singing or dancing - if I had to. Or maybe, like, designer, like sketching designs.

  Elle Fanning

  Dancing, Design, Singing

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• When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing something that I shouldnt be doing, then I would no longer be able to go to LA and continue to pursue the acting thing.

  Dan Byrd

  School, Parent, Able

  "Dan Byrd’s Norman Invasion". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2011.

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• Its hard for me to listen to any actors whine or moan about anything acting-related because look at the world. We really have nothing to complain about. Just to be working is a blessing.

  Dan Byrd

  Blessing, World, Complaining

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• I had a great acting teacher in high school. But I didnt like acting because it took too many people to get the job done. You have to talk to too many people and listen to others opinions. With music, you get a few friends together and just make it.

  Hugh Dillon

  Teacher, Jobs, School

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• If I wasn't acting, I would probably be working with children. I was a camp counselor growing up and I loved it.

  Julianne Nicholson

  Children, Growing Up, Camp Counselors

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• Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting.

  Rufus Sewell

  Disappointment, Years, Depth

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've been performing since I came out of the womb. I've been dancing and singing since I was a toddler. Acting seemed like a natural progression from that.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Dancing, Singing, Toddler

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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