Quotes of: Acting Keyword

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are.

Matt McGorry

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

Mariano Rivera

I acted in a couple friends's short films and thought I was gonna be really good and mysterious and sexy. And I was just terrible and self-aware.

Max Winkler

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.

Natalie Wood

I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.

Pele

White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.

Paul Mooney

When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

Salma Hayek

Lincoln's leadership is based on a number of precepts, but my favorite one is that he acted in the name, and for the good, of the people.

Steven Spielberg

I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.

Valeria Golino

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

Edward Albert

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

Francis Quarles

I think that's part of acting - to still get nervous and control that fear. I don't know how to get rid of that.

Jordi Molla

Modern Americans suffer from a fear of judging. Passing judgment on the behavior of fellow human beings is considered an act of medieval, undemocratic intolerance.

Lewis B. Smedes

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

David McCallum

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

Pharrell Williams

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

Joseph Glanvill

Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.

Paul Tillich

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.

Christian Bale

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

David Hyde Pierce