Quotes of: One-act Keyword

I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the magic of film often.

Matt Dillon

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

Janeane Garofalo

For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one.

Ian McDiarmid

My dad said, 'If no one was giving me acting work, I'd have to be prepared to create it myself.'

Domhnall Gleeson

My mom always liked the idea of us acting - me and my sister - like, one of us trying it. But my dad always thought it was a joke.

Matt Prokop

The great thing about acting is that you get to be a lot of different things in one lifetime. You get to explore different personalities and characters.

Eva Amurri

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you have no control over your life, at all.

Charlie Hunnam

In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy.

Jemaine Clement

People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet!

Deborah Bull

I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours.

Helen McCrory

As important as it is to always think like a winner, acting like one is what matters the most.

Edmond Mbiaka

Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.

Jami Attenberg

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

Ed Harris

Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.

Harold H. Greene

The eyes are the windows of your soul, and when you're acting, they're one of your most important instruments. Especially for close-ups!

Jacki Weaver

I guess John Wayne would be one. I just respected the way he acted.

A. J. Foyt

For a long time, I can't say I was one who really enjoyed acting. I was always censoring it, or editing it, or analyzing it, rather than just going with it.

Michael Douglas

I have only one rule in acting--trust the director, and give him heart and soul.

Ava Gardner

One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important.

Andrew Scott

The revolutionary woman knows the world she seeks to overthrow is precisely one in which love between equal human beings is well nigh impossible. We are still part of the ironical working-out of this, our own cruel contradiction. One of the most comp...

Sheila Rowbotham