Acting quotes
3.9K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside acting — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"If all the actors are in the recording session at the same time, you can record all voices for one episode in an hour. Of course, the animation takes longer but the voice acting is done very quickly."
"Well, I would say that Shake It Up was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing."
"I had the best teacher in the business. Kevin Costner was my teacher. I was acting opposite him and he was directing me. The way he directed me, for which I am eternally grateful, is he would watch the scene back on the monitor, which is sort of considered unfashionable - you're not meant to watch yourself. But he was like, "Come around. Watch this. See there, you're doing a great reaction, but you're doing it out of frame." That was exactly what I needed. I learned how to act on film from him."
"My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the world. But, what makes me want to stay in this business and keep doing this are movies when it's a true labor of love."
"I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy or as much Shakespeare as I had intended."
"Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength."
"Nonviolence is a universal law acting under all circumstances."
"At the centre of nonviolence is a force which is self-acting."
"Truly, only acting without thought of one's life is superior to valuing one's life."
"If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting."
"The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen."
"There is a universal element in man which he can assert by so acting as if the purpose of the Universe were also his purpose. It is the function of the supreme ordeals of life to develop in men this power, to give to their life this distinction, this height of dignity, these vast horizons."
"Even my life's not normal because I'm acting, right?"
"We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence."
"It is not good for one's morals to see bad acting"
"I thought I started acting at 5 or 6, it was really when they were interviewing real families for a toothpaste commercial. They interviewed our family."
"When my oldest brother started acting. From there, I wanted to act myself. That's the long story short."
"I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes. But when I do, it's with people I know and trust, people who respect me as a person and appreciate what I have to offer."
"I consider my relationship with acting in Hollywood as sort of a mutual breakup. Through puberty, Hollywood didn't really want me anymore, and I was like, 'Yeah, I don't really want you, either.'"
"Once I got started acting I loved it."
