I actually write as a passion, as something I actually am more passionate about than acting.

As time passes, I feel more and more a sense of acting being a fundamental part of who I am.

While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it

I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously.

Right now music is more my outlet than acting, but I'm waiting for that one satisfying role.

The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.

Reviews about film acting are very... tricky, because movies are such a collaborative thing.

Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.

I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can't stop. It would be like refusing to breathe.

Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.

I'm not acting; I'm not playing me. People forget that their actions make them who they are.

I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.

Sincerity is the most important thing in acting. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent

I feel that one of the hardest things in acting is the way you need to switch your emotions.

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years.

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

Music means freedom to me. But in acting you can pretend to be someone else and I like that.

Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed.

Acting is the absence of acting. It's believing in the truth of the moment you are creating.

I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

Growing up, I wasnt sure about acting, but I knew I wanted to be part of the movie industry.

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.

No matter how much technique you draw on or how much training you have, acting is a mystery.

I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.

Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.

All you are is a bag of particles acting out the laws of physics. That to me is pretty clear.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

It`s not about women acting like man, it`s about women acting like woman and being sucsessful

My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.

Oh, those wonder-filled evenings when acting enables me for a short moment to have more life.

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

I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.

If I could make millions of dollars being a softball player, I would quit acting in a second.

But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.

I like Irish pubs, except for all the loud music and drinking, and people acting like idiots.

When you're acting, it's a fantasy already; maybe it's the costumes - I love it. It's so fun.

Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting.

Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me.

In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private

The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive.

As long as the cheques carry on coming in, and I'm enjoying my work, I shall continue acting.

I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.

Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

The number one rule of comedy acting is 'don't try to be funny.' Act as seriously as possible.

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