I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.
Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.
I've never felt that acting was my vocation - never had that tortured thing. I love acting, but it doesn't feed my soul.
Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job.
People who think too much before they act don't act too much.
Acting is somewhat mysteriously taught. There are so many different methods and systems and processes for teaching acting because it will always be an elusive art-form.
Now I just act like I don't remember; Mary acts like she don't care.
I know that I and my office acted with the highest integrity as an independent inspector general should act.
That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.
For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.
I stopped acting when I was 19. The only time I acted again was during the war, when there were no other Nazis available.
My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act.
If you really love acting, you'll want to act. That's what I did. You don't look for any payday because the likelihood of a payday is slim to none.
Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.
I don't mind women who want to act. That's fine. It's odd that men want to act, in that there's still a degree of vanity associated with it.
Courage is nothing to laugh at, not if it is proper courage and exercised by men who know what they do is proper. Proper courage is wise courage. It's acting wisely, acting wisely when fear would have a man act otherwise. It is the endurance of the s...
It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And life had to act also as if little issues were big ones. To take a realistic attitude toward life and death meant that one lapsed into unre...
If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, acting lovingly; if you believe every which way, then act every which way, that's perfectly valid - but don't go out trying to sell your beliefs to the system. You end up contradicting ...
I've been doing acting since I was 6 years old, and I don't know how to do anything besides act and sing. Back in the day, you had to do it all - you had to sing, dance, and act. I'm from the old school where that is what I was trained to do, and tha...
I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do. If I commit fewer bad acts there will be fewer bad acts,...
Acts of kindness may soon be forgotten, but the memory of an offense remains.
