Quotes about Acting and Actors

I'm acting with the best actors in the world. Votes: 0

There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting. Votes: 0

I love acting, truly my favorite people are actors. Votes: 0

I don't have the passion for acting that actors might have. Votes: 0

A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons. Votes: 0

Acting of some actors seems natural, because they have no talent. Votes: 0

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school. Votes: 0

acting is a wild ride, shared in the company of other actors. Votes: 0

I love actors, and I'm passionate about the creative process of acting and filmmaking. Votes: 0

Most actors want the audience to like them, and that leads to bad acting. Votes: 0

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them. Votes: 0

I think all actors have a sadomasochistic streak, because acting is kind of brutal, you know. Votes: 0

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. Votes: 0

I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting. Votes: 0

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience. Votes: 0

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting. Votes: 0

Any work I do I think is important...like in acting there are no small parts- only small actors. Votes: 0

I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company Votes: 0

I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company. Votes: 0

Acting is not a profession of competing with other actors, but rather a vocation of sharing with fellow human beings. Votes: 0

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination. Votes: 0

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors. Votes: 0

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it. Votes: 0

I've never worked on a lawyer show for a long time, but I imagine the actors all start acting like lawyers. Votes: 0

For acting, darlings, is the world's most perilous trade. Compared with actors, steeple jacks and deep-sea divers lead snug and placid lives. Votes: 0

A lot of actors think they can't be happy without the acting... But I think I couldn't be happy with it anymore. Votes: 0

I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don't seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living. Votes: 0

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors. Votes: 0

In the business of acting, those are the actors that make the trains run on time, you know? There's nothing without them. Votes: 0

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan. Votes: 0

Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting. Votes: 0

In terms of acting, we go through phases of being really inspired by film and television and actors and works that we've read. Votes: 0

Acting and writing go together. Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters. Votes: 0

After working with so many great actors and acting students in film school, it was a whole other thing working with Luke [Kirby]. Votes: 0

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting. Votes: 0

Human beings are, necessarily, actors who...can be divided...into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not. Votes: 0

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career. Votes: 0

There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things. Votes: 0

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft. Votes: 0

I'm such a fan of actors, and also enjoy watching them work, so that I can help their acting in any way I can. Votes: 0

Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush. Votes: 0

Successful actors and actresses have to get themselves into their roles before acting. Therefore, you need to really care about what you are saying. Votes: 0

Actors are always weird about acting with their spouse or their boyfriend or girlfriend, but more because they think audiences will find it boring. Votes: 0

I generally don't involve myself in giving the actors some tips on acting. At the same time, I don't do that with the director. Votes: 0

Insiders say Obama's pretty comfortable around actors. He should be. He has been 'acting' like he was born in Hawaii for a long time. Votes: 0

The reason why most of actors got into acting was so that we could become other people and have fun with being somebody else. Votes: 0

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown? Votes: 0

One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and responding to them. Votes: 0

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary. Votes: 0

Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need. Votes: 0

Sean Penn, for his acting as well as his writing and directing. There are so many actors I respect, but his reach is so wide. Votes: 0

I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians. Votes: 0

I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with. Votes: 0

For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to do what kids know automatically. Votes: 0

The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors. Votes: 0

What used to frustrate me going into an audition was that some inexperienced, lesser casting people would think that actors are acting only when they're speaking. Votes: 0

Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting. Votes: 0

I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation. Votes: 0

I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was never a big deal. Votes: 0

The notion that acting is simply about intuitively responding to situations the way you feel couldn't be farther away from how I ask actors to work. Votes: 0

When I was 15, 16, I studied with Stella Adler at the Conservatory of Acting, then I stopped again and went to the Actors Studio when I was 18. Votes: 0

I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me. Votes: 0

At the Academy Award Dinners all the actors and actresses in Hollywood gather around to see what someone else thinks about their acting besides their press agents. Votes: 0

I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because theyve been on reality TV or something. Votes: 0

Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean we have to be larger than life. Worse, I've seen actors acting off the sets too. Votes: 0

So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors. Votes: 0

I'd love to perform with other actors and act with actors, true actors. I would like to be in a movie and have full room for acting. Votes: 0

If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day. Votes: 0

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting. Votes: 0

Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people. Votes: 0

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent. Votes: 0

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting. Votes: 0

The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their heads that they can't be organic. Votes: 0

My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors. Votes: 0

Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors Guild yet, and it happened that they were all just about thirty years old. Votes: 0

I can't say that I haven't done some bad acting in my time. I have. Usually that involves what we actors call 'indicating,' when you twirl your mustache. Votes: 0

This acting's serious! And I really respect those actors. It's a tough business to be able to be something you're not and be natural and convince people on camera. Votes: 0

When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no history to fall back on. Votes: 0