I think in this business [acting] there's the option to do a lot of things and say, "I don't care. I'm just going to do what I want," but what I do a….

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people..

I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me.….

To that extent that you can sustain and maintain that childlike part of your personality is probably the best part of acting..

You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can..

I do acting for the awards... and cash money..

I think it started since I was born, I always had a need to express myself, you know, as a human being, and I found that it felt right when I express….

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor..

I guess at a certain point you think, well, singing is singing and acting is acting..

No, I always wanted to be a singer. It was kind of funny that I took this road, started acting, then-almost ten years later-in Wayne's World people f….

We will work in conjunction with the administration, passing legislation, repealing and replacing Obamacare. When that actually takes place, will tak….

Acting is everybody's favorite second job..

My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad..

I suppose the reason why I like acting is because I'm curious about human nature, and the less I know about a character on the page, instinctively, i….

I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks, and acting was the only thing that held my interest..

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them..

My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it ag….

Because I've always been more afraid of writing than I have of doing anything visually such as directing or acting..

Improvisation sometimes seemed more like jazz than acting, like verbal jazz, with the actors playing a theme back and forth, and then introducing ano….

I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child..

Acting is about being real, being honest..