Acting Quotes

"To be an actor, you have to be a child" "We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was; the truth is physically demanding is climbing a mountain." "The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it." "If you look at the people in Hollywood who have had the most longevity and have sustained careers, most of them are character actors." "I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't get to audition that much." "The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing." "The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film" "Good acting should teach people to understand each other better" "I always wanted to be an actor, but I never felt like I belonged" "I'm attracted to playing things that I find difficult or scary or challenging in some way" "I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo." "I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate yourself and have others believe it." "I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker" "I kind of got into acting to do other things" "I watch a lot of movies, I understand how to act" "I feel like I'm just doing what I have been put on this earth to do. Being an actor is almost like the path of least resistance for me." "As an actor you always want to find a piece of yourself in every character" "I don’t want to be just an actor. I want to be an artist, and there’s a big difference." "To play a role, you have to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand their world." "Acting allows me to explore parts of myself I didn’t know existed."