In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is w….

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

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

Acting is a humiliating job, from start to finish..

I couldn't do an acting job just to be working. It really had to have some soul to it..

I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school..

Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I am not an African. I am an American..

I was an amazing bartender and a great waiter. I think, in a way, that was my acting school..

I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting a….

Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia..

All I ever wanted to do was be on stage, if possible acting in Shakespeare. And to be as good as I could be..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 homes at the same time..

No one survives life..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..