Famous Quotes & Sayings

Emily Berrington

When I was little, I was actually really shy. I really enjoyed doing school plays, but I found the whole thing terrifying. I cried myself to sleep once because I thought my teacher was going to give me the lead role. I never imagined acting was a viable career.

Emily Berrington

Politics is terrifying, very masculine, and not particularly encouraging to young blonde women - as a career, that is - and it was only when I was working in parliament that I thought to myself, 'Well, this is a tough industry; can an acting career be any more intimidating?' and I applied to drama school.

Ian Gomez

As a child, one of my defense mechanisms was to try to be funny. My mom tried to nurture that by putting me in acting class. But I got bored when we stopped pretending to be trees and actually had to work.

Imogen Poots

It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too.

Hugh Grant

I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices.

Barton Gellman

On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal.

Linda Ellerbee

We call them Twinkies. You've seen them on television acting the news, modeling and fracturing the news while you wonder whether they've read the news - or if they've blow-dried their brains, too.

Claire Danes

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.

Spencer Tracy

Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.

We like technology still because it is one of the better acting groups, ... We've seen a good push with the Internet stocks, but we're seeing with a bit of a warning that you have to be quick here if things start to deteriorate, to get out.

There's an acknowledgement that Mr. Anderson violated the election laws, but there's also a statement that when he was acting, he thought he was acting consistent with the law.

The natural personality of the character is what we went for. This is not an acting role. This is a natural role. So if that was their personality, that's the person we went after.

Johnny Knoxville

After that movie I wasn't very proud of my performance I got an acting coach, ... He's just helped me a lot, so much, and the past five or six films I feel like I'm getting better with every film.

Charlie Rowe

After the 'Golden Compass,' I wasn't sure if I'd ever get another acting job.

After we didn't find our suspects initially, we moved out into the neighborhood to search other homes. In one house, the noncommissioned officers were on the ball and thought one guy was acting suspiciously. The neighbors, after seeing that we were there to help, told us that he was lying about his name, and it turned out that he was on the brigade's most-wanted list.

John Roberts

Again, it is the obligation of the courts to decide particular cases, ... Often that means acting on the side of justice as we understand it, enforcing the Bill of Rights, enforcing the equal protection clause.

Any and all types of talent are welcome from vocal and instrumental solos and groups, to dancing, to stand-up comedy, to short acting scenes, to anything the imagination allows.

Alan Shepard

So even though we were there competing with each other for the first ride, we were still acting as a team, and helping each other in those days.

Jim Sheridan

At the end of the movie people will wonder: Is this the real 50 Cent? Has he changed? Is he acting a part? All three are true,

Liv Tyler

Armageddon was not an acting experience. That's why I was depressed. It was about the effects and not about the performances. I had the really rough part of being the emotional person who's like, you know, upset all the time.

The best thing you can see as a worship leader is people getting involved and acting spontaneously.

David Sobel

The Administration has confirmed the existence of the program, but released very little information that sheds light on the key question (of) whether the government is acting illegally.

Boris Yeltsin

That is why...I have to present acting ministers to the president and I am already doing so.

Sydney is acting as a major drag on the NSW economy and the weak update on major renovations is just one among a plethora of indicators pointing to NSW having slipped behind the pack.

John Proctor

It's definitely a key acting role, ... It's all about the words; there's not much blocking. If you want to see good acting, this would be a play to see.

E. P. Thompson

It's unfortunate that the acting secretary seems to indicate that there is not any urgency to the levee situation.

Cramer's moving the markets like the star Internet analysts did during the tech bubble. He's got a big following of people who think they're acting responsibly by following Cramer's advice--but in reality he's dangerous to their health.

You, the aspirant for supreme mind, progeny, fortune and wealth..... acting in accordance with your husband's wishes, happily pave your way towards immortality.

The North Koreans have every intention to lie, steal and cheat as much as they can get away with and as they have been doing for decades. But they would also say we've been cheating them through the whole process or acting in bad faith.

Robert Thompson

That's really fascinating. It's method acting gone wild ù a character who's not only reading lines and performing in the show but also continuing to perform outside the confines of the screen.

Daniela Ruah

That's the beauty of the acting world. You can play so many different characters who know and do so many things that you have no idea about as yourself. So I'm a big fan of workshops and classes and learning new things because you can always apply it. It's your little supply bag of creativity. Keep filling it up.

Aaron Ruell

It's allowed all of us to do what we were doing before, which was making small movies, but now we get paid for it. It legitimatized all of us after the film became such a success. I'm directing my first feature that I also wrote this spring called 'Warm Blue Day.' There are a couple of movies that I'm acting in this fall. I'm also a photographer, and I've got three gallery shows left to do this year. And when I'm not doing that, I'm directing commercials.

Justin Hartley

It's all about story and character with me, and I don't care if the job is on daytime or prime time or the web. Hey, give me a good character and someone to listen, and I'll do my acting on a street corner.