Quotes on Acting

A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires and what can be done.

When everyone is moving towards depravity, no one seems to be moving, but if someone stops he shows up the others who are rushing on, by acting as a fixed point.

Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.

Acting on our own, by ourselves, we cannot establish justice throughout the world, but joined with other free nations, we can ... assist the developing nations to throw off the yoke of poverty.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

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?

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me.

You know the theory of cell irritability? If you take an amoeba cell and poke it a thousand times, it will change and then re-form into its original shape. And then, the thousandth time you poke this amoeba, the cell will completely collapse and become nothing. That's kind of what it's like being famous. People say hi, how are you doing, and after the thousandth time, you just get angry; you really pop.

The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!

Acting as if you were what you want to become and know you can become is the way to remove self-doubt and enter your real-magic kingdom.

Art is violent. To be decisive is violent. ... To place a chair at a partial angle on the stage destroys every other possible choice, every other option.

While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste my face with make-up.

My first movie, I got nominated for a Canadian Oscar-for Meatballs. For MEATBALLS. And who am I up against? George C. Scott. So he wins the award and I stand up and go, 'That's it-let's get the hell outta here.'

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.