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.'
I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
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.
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.
I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.
I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.
But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.
Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.
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.
On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.
Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.
I don't laugh so much at jokes and premises as I do at a guy who goes onstage and starts twitching and acting funny.
The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.
God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not.
People who don't believe in God may have their own way of justifying some bad act they have committed.
