Acting Quotes - page 22

It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true. (Ivor Novello)
The difference - the fundamental difference between theater acting and film acting is that film acting is disjunctive. View quote
James Lipton
The boundary between real life and acting is hard to find. View quote
James Mangold
Bad acting comes in many bags, various odors. It can be performed by cardboard refugees from an Ed Wood movie, reciting their dialogue off an eye chart, or by hopped-up pros looking to punch a hole through the fourth wall from pure ballistic force of personality, like Joe Pesci in a bad mood. I can respect bad acting that owns its own style. View quote
James Wolcott
I'll probably do a lot of acting first, then go to singing. but I am going to definitely sing someday. So when I do start singing, buy my album! View quote
Jamie Lynn Spears
Between 18 and 26 I acted professionally, on the stage and a little bit on television. Acting is okay, but it's quite pressurized. Then I went to England - I wanted to reinvent myself. View quote
Jane Campion
My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic. View quote
Jane Horrocks
Running has been great for keeping me fit throughout my acting career. View quote
Jason Flemyng
Acting is a really simple job - it's just hard to do. You just have to be that person with their background in that situation. That's all it is. My kids do it all the time when they're dressing up and playing games. View quote
Jason Isaacs
I'm going to write a book, continue acting, continue motivational speaking and just share with people who I am and what I've learned in my second chance of life and pass it on to people in their first chance of life. View quote
J. R. Martinez
I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity. (Jeffrey Combs)
In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy. View quote
Jemaine Clement
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. View quote
Jenna Fischer
I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College and I have a B.A. in acting, with a concentration in theater performance and a minor in musical theater. I studied there for three years. View quote
Jenna Ushkowitz
Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways. View quote
Jennifer Capriati
After 'The Real Thing,' I thought about giving up acting because it's difficult to have a rich life outside your work when you're an actress, a private life that can survive being picked up and put down. That's what I thought, anyway. View quote
Jennifer Ehle
I love any kind of acting, so if I could focus on becoming the best actor I can strictly on my voice, I would love that. View quote
Jennifer Stone
Right now music is more my outlet than acting, but I'm waiting for that one satisfying role. View quote
Jeremy London
Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached. View quote
Jack Davenport
Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old and up on a stage and loving it. I've always adored it. Not just acting, but the whole process of writing and directing movies, everything that has to do with that part of life. Maybe it's in my blood. View quote
Jack Huston
As a student studying acting, I was always broke, so going to see any live theater was almost impossible. (Jesse L. Martin)
Getting a role in Harry Potter was like winning the lottery. But no one deserves an acting job. View quote
Jessie Cave
Good acting is consistency of performance. View quote
Jim Dale
I know what it's like to have a dream. I know what it's like to roll the dice and say, 'I'm going to go after this thing,' and nothing turns my stomach quicker than acting teachers or acting schools that look at a bunch of dreamers and say, 'We can help,' when they know full well that they can't. View quote
Jim Parrack
I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things. View quote
Joan Allen