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"If you see what is small as it sees itself, and accept what is weak for what strength it has, and use what is dim for the light it gives then all will go well. This is called Acting Naturally."
"You got to get used to somebody, when you're acting or going through a scene, somebody yelling, "Do it a little louder!" OK, you do it a little louder."
"Just let the wardrobe do the acting."
"I didn't choose acting. It chose me."
"I'm addicted to Altoids. I call them 'acting pills.'"
"Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life."
"Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing my partners I was in the throes of ecstasy."
"I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time."
"All men have the capacity of knowing themselves and acting with moderation."
"There are these mythic unicorn-y tales of method acting, but Marlon [Brando] wanted to have a good time."
"Singing and acting are very similar. Singing makes you reach into your deepest feelings. Singing is an extension of everything that you do when you're acting."
"The best actors do not let the wheels show."
"Monica Vitti is astonishingly mobile. Few actresses have such mobile features. She has her own personal and original way of acting."
"Sometimes, when you're acting, you are so in the moment that you don't even remember what just happened."
"No one likes to feel that he or she is being sold some-thing or told to do a thing. We much prefer to feel that we are buying of our own accord or acting on our own ideas. We like to be consulted about our wishes, our wants, our thoughts."
"Stay close to those who are not afraid to be vulnerable, because they have confidence in themselves and know that, at some point in our lives, we all stumble; they do not interpret this as a sign of weakness, but of humanity. Avoid those who talk a great deal before acting, those who never take a step without being quite sure that it will bring them respect."
"It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is meet that we should plume ourselves rather on acting the part of a servant properly than that of the master, first, towards the laws, (for in this way we are servants of the gods), and next, towards our elders."
"When you're acting on TV, you want to keep it real."
"Yeah, I've only been acting since I was 18 out of high school."
"She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B."
