Acting sayings

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◆ Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?

- Jennifer Donnelly99

◆ Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

- George Burns99

◆ I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

- Vivien Leigh99

◆ Every girl has five personalties. 1.How she acts at school. 2.How she acts around her friends. 3. How she acts around family. 4. How she acts when she is with him. 5.How she acts when she's alone.

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◆ No matter how old you are...if a little kid shoots you with a toy gun, you act dead.

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◆ The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act.

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◆ The trick to being smart is knowing when to play dumb.

- V Alexander99

◆ Acting is a bit like cycling. Once youve got the hang of it, you just peddle on.

- Madhuri Dixit Nene99

◆ Acting is about passion. You have to be passionate and single-minded about it. It can devour you, you must find ownership.

- Madhuri Dixit Nene99

◆ Any day acting is an amazing day.

- Kiernan Shipka99

◆ Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.

- Cathy Rigby99

◆ I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating.

- Anna Chlumsky99

◆ When moms and dads put their kids in acting class, good luck. Because you're just filling them with stuff they don't need yet.

- Anna Chlumsky99

◆ In the theater, as an actor, you're welcoming people into your house.

- Martha Plimpton99

◆ The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, you'll make yourself unhappy, because life doesn't work like that. So much is luck. It's much better to let yourself off, to think, 'There's nothing I can do.'

- Matthew Macfadyen99