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.
Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
I don't think I'm a very good businessman. I act too much with my heart.
White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.
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.'
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.
Modeling is great because I don't have lines to memorize. But I find acting much more challenging - which is a good thing!
I never was very good at acting. I never was very good at playing the role. Because the true pretending can only come off in our genuine awareness of the real. Only those of us with the most secure grasp on the real can pretend; can really be good at...
Waiting is an exercise of faith that demonstrates the condition of our hearts. Waiting on God is an act of faith. And faith is what separates the men from the boys.
Acting goes back a little ways for me. I supposed I started with theater growing up. It was mainly a social outlet and it was just kind of something I did for fun. I met a lot of good friends through it, so it really kept me involved.
Don't let anyone tell you can't act. People think that models are bad actresses because they think that they're beautiful mannequins that just stand there. That's so not true. When you're a model, you have to portray different characters for photogra...
When I moved to New York to act I was no good at working restaurants - hosting, waiting, bussing, dishwashing - I wasn't good at any aspect. But I did have a guitar. So I would sing 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,' but you would only hear the c...
We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challeng...
Sure, being good at your job is really important, but in acting, so much of the decision's already made the minute you walk in the room because they're like, 'His hair's good or she's got the right skin color' or whatever. It's so random, but it's so...
All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If...
Effective internet communication is contact that is acted upon in a good manner, Netiquette. NetworkEtiquette.net
I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was good at, that was the thing that came the most naturally to me.
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'
I realized that social media can be powerful force for good in the world and that acts of kindness can be scaled globally.
It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would disagree, but they could be social to each other. There were times during the year that we acted together in the good of the country.
