Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.
You don't learn acting, you nourish it. I don't regret not going to drama school because I was very afraid of all the lessons. I'm allergic to technicality.
Regaining health is more difficult an objective then becoming ill. Becoming ill is a random act of ignorance and regaining health is an intentional effort in frustration.
The act of copulation is like that of picking the nose. It's all right to be doing it yourself but it is a singularly unattractive spectacle for the onlooker.
Either systems are in balance or they are falling apart. If people are acting in what appears to be a twisted way, I want to know the reason for that.
I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main actor of the senior high school.
Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world.
Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally.
In someone's darkest hour your simple act of kindness may imitate the sunrise, and to sad eyes you become their only source of light.
Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.
I played basketball. I went to school and played basketball and was trying to pursue that as a career path and kind of just fell into acting.
I can't watch myself on screen without dying a little bit inside. And there are lots of moments when I think, 'What am I doing as an actor? I can't act!'
Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate.
I think acting is a fun thing because you get to have so many lifetimes in one lifetime, being all these different people.
When a worrier acts bravery and face death in a battle, rest assured that he/she is knows that the case fought for has its values.
TV cookery is very like internet porn - the overwhelming majority of its audience will never ever get to act out what's happening on screen.
One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.
In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.
I started acting when I was 17. I started modeling when I was 13. It helps in the way that you don't get fazed by cameras too much.
I loved it, but had to forget about acting after elementary school because it was the sort of thing you just didn't do in my rough neighborhood.
As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.
