Quotes of: One-act Keyword

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Thomas Carlyle

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

Annette Bening

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

Martha Graham

I've always worked hard and played hard, and I'm sure I'll be cleaning up my act in the future.

Michael Douglas

All our words and acts are passing in review before God.

Ellen G. White

My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'

James Caan

To make the people happy, to forget their problems. Then, to me, I'm doing my job. But to act is a God gift.

Kumar Pallana

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Khalil Gibran

Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster.

Andy Grove

Acting was never something I wanted to do for the rest of my life, so it was easy to walk away.

Charlie Korsmo

I want to be able to have a conversation with people. I don't want to be stupid. I'd like to have a life outside acting.

Callan McAuliffe

Through acting and film, I felt that my life had a sense to it. I felt I had a mission.

Cecilia Roth

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

George Eliot

I can't act, and so I have to live that particular character in my real life and then exhibit it on screen.

Hrithik Roshan

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant

I'd like to think there'll be too much of real life going on for me to want to do much acting.

Julie Walters

As an actor, you're trying to capture the nuances of real life, but voice work is almost over-acting.

Mike Colter

Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.

Peter O'Toole

I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.

Randeep Hooda

In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.

Robert De Niro

Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the rest of my life.

Tom Felton