Acting quotes

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◆ I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

- Al Pacino100

◆ You can't always go by actions because some people will ACT like they love you just to get what they want from you.

- Sonya Parker100

◆ I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors that say they're affected by something, that it changes their life, that they take it home with them, they're just trying to get nominated for an Oscar!

- Joaquin Phoenix99

◆ I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring.

- Joaquin Phoenix99

◆ I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.

- Joaquin Phoenix99

◆ There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter...an act.

- Vera Nazarian99

◆ To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your mother, necessarily. This is a guy in search of truth. Incidentally, that truth one day could save your life or the life of someone you love. That's a heroic thing.

- Hugh Laurie99

◆ If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.

- Uta Hagen99

◆ My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.

- Steve Buscemi99

◆ My mother wanted me to be a lawyer and I wanted to be an Actor. So I went to school, majored in theatre, and said 'Mom, I have to choose my own destiny. I want to be an actor.' A couple of weeks after I graduated college I called my mother up and said 'Can I borrow $200?' and she said 'Why don't you act like you've got $200.'

- Arsenio Hall99

◆ Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

- Jodie Foster99

◆ My favorite review described me as the cinematic equ

- Steve Buscemi99

◆ My sister wanted to be an actress. She never made it, but she does live in a trailer... so she got halfway. She's an actress, she's just never called to the set.

- Mitch Hedberg99

◆ My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as a contemporary dancer.

- Will Kemp99

◆ Actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment--to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul.

- David Ackert99