When I got into the film business, my aim was to adopt a positive persona, of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me, because my acting ….

With acting there are a lot more choices, With this, I either stick it or I don't. There's something really unforgiving about that..

I love telling stories and acting and entertaining people. I don't want to make fun of people..

One must never tell a child what it is they should display acting..

I think there's such a thing as a performance gene. If it's in your DNA it needs to come out. For me, it originally came out through music, then segu….

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing..

William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] - that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star - that's very gratifying..

It's like, to me, acting is like a child walking in the park, the better the actor, the greater the playground he has..

When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize..

Maybe the the luxury of not having acting be my only profession is that I can be more selective about what I choose to be in. I've been really lucky ….

I love acting; I love movie sets and movies, but, at the same time, there's something about the position of women in that world that frightens me a l….

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'..

I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting..

The hardest thing for a film actor, especially if you are in a lot of the film, is sustaining energy for the entire length of a production. It's quit….

I was on Stealing Beauty in 1996 and then I started feeling acting was something I wanted to do forever. It made me feel like I'll still be looking f….

We're the same! Even Sonya says we are. We've always been the same, and we're both acting the same stupid way now! We hold ourselves to higher standa….

I like the fact that I can go away and lose myself so I don't have to live in the world of courage that everyone else does. I like creating, it's wha….

I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene..

The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision. It's like a release. I'm glad it….

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

I auditioned for a Pepsi commercial, and I got it, and that was incredibly fun. So I thought, Well, maybe I should try this acting thing..