Famous Quotes & Sayings

Laurence Olivier

Acting is an everlasting search for truth.

Laurence Olivier

Without acting, I cannot breathe.

Lillian Gish

Never get caught acting.

Lillian Gish

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

Paul Scofield

I found at this point that effective acting wasn't what I wanted to do, that I didn't want to make effects, that I wanted, as it were, to leave an impression of a particular kind of human being.

Tom Hiddleston

Acting takes a degree of mutual trust and respect.

Tom Hiddleston

With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.

Tom Cullen

I came to acting quite late. I tried not to be an actor.

Tom Cruise

The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself.

Sofia Vassilieva

There is work, and there is pleasure, Acting is pleasure.

Smiley Blanton

To be happy, drop the words 'if only' and substitute instead the words 'next time'.

Joe Strummer

I learnt that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all.

Kofi Annan

How this crisis is resolved will affect greatly the course of peace and security in the region and the world, ... I commend the council for acting today with purpose and resolve.

Sean Penn

I consider myself fortunate that in my home, acting or the creative arts were a good option. This was a respected tour of duty in my family. Acting wasn't something that was left to tragic bohemians. But we weren't a family that obsessed on cinema.

I love this horse, and I really love him in the Travers. He's fit and sound and eager. He's like a fighter right now; he's acting like Ali. He strikes with the front and kicks with the back and does the rope-a-dope and everything. He's really matured.

Devon Bostick

I love the simplicity of Kevin Spacey's work. He really does a subtle interpretation of every character, and that's kind of my style of acting when it comes to dramatic roles.

In a world where news stories continue to make ominous ripples, gold is acting like the thermometer of collective global anxiety.

Jeremy Collier

In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part.

In many other cases materials are involved in the case under seal. But here it's classified. It's impossible for a defendant to have a fair trial when the courts are acting without input, and there's no way for a defense counsel to have input if he doesn't know what the other side is saying.

In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.

Ralph Fiennes

I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theater, there's the acting part of acting -- and I'm not saying that can't be great -- and there's the essence. To explore that essence, you need a key, a look, a gesture, an insight that unlocks the person's soul.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

I'm interested in the acting and staging of specific emotions, and so I work with actors. It's a small proportion of what I do, but it's always what people seem to focus on.

J. C. Watts

I mean it's weird because the thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less alone. It's my form of expression, in the same way that someone might paint a picture or sing a song in that you're hoping that it moves somebody outside of their own way of thinking.

Dominic Monaghan

I mean, theater acting for me is the true form. It's the real place where you learn, the place where you practice, the place where you can take risks and try things out, and I think what film acting is when you've perfected what you're doing and it's a polished piece of work, then you do it on film.

Jean Seberg

I know that the greatest of actresses has about 20 good years of acting in her and that she will go on living for 30 or 40 years as a human being. So, the conclusion I have come to is that I can't make acting my whole life.

I knew it right away. I just didn't tell anyone other than my catcher, ... Just so he knows why my pitches are acting differently.

I like to travel. I went all over, to Tokyo, London and Paris. I think Paris is my new favorite city. But acting is my passion. I can't wait to get back to it.

Jonty Rhodes

I'm convinced things will go much better if the players smile and have some fun on the field, rather than acting like wound-up springs.

I'm asking the judge to have a hearing and determine that Michael has been acting without authority and to restore visitation.

If rooting out corruption in the House of Representatives is truly a priority for both parties, then we ask a member, any member, to put their money where their mouth is and file this complaint against Acting House Majority Leader Roy Blunt. We urge members to end the ethics 'truce' and cease abdicating their responsibility to police the conduct of their colleagues.

Rachel McAdams

I guess you have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.

Anthony Hopkins

If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose.

If you are looking for a good excuse for the stock market to be acting ugly, the most obvious one would be the bond market and interest rates.