“Sometimes I think on television, you use maybe a tenth of what you are able to do. So it’s nice to go, Well, I’m gonna take two months and reinvest in acting and storytelling. You don’t get to do that on television.” ThinkingWellsTwoSometimesUseAbleActingNiceTelevisionMonthsStorytellingTwo Months Author:Sarah Paulson
“I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to forget that it's me, that fame will stand in the way of my acting. I want to keep being able to change into different shapes and different personalities.” WayWantDifferentAbleForgetActingAudiencePersonalityShapesFameTheaterTerrified Author:Noomi Rapace
“Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.” LongI CanAbleActingHavensLong TimeOpposites Author:Tammin Sursok
“At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting thing and I just wanted to be able to keep going because it was really good. That was all I wanted.” AbleWantedParentActingMovedKeep GoingLooking Pretty Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we will not be able to solve in the next few years, and it's likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century. We must not be selfish or timid if we hope to have a decent world for our children and grandchildren. We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.” IfsWorldYearsChildrenProblemAbleNextEnergyActingCenturyBalanceDemandResourcesOur ChildrenCrisisSolveSelfishAlternativesDecentOur FutureGrandchildrenOverwhelmedShrinkingChildren And GrandchildrenBeing SelfishEnergy CrisisActing Now Author:Jimmy Carter
“Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from a visual standpoint.” ThinkingAbleArtistActingVisualsStandpoint Author:Common
“Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsAbleDesireBeliefFeltDifficultActingAchieveCoupleSingingTestsEncouragementBlowProfessionScreensEndlessRejectionRomeUnfairSlidesFaith In YourselfStaggeringAvidReversal Author:Sophia Loren
“I do think that's one of the reasons that acting appealed to me so much: the idea of letting go of control in a controlled environment. Being able to go through the range of intense emotions and jump off the cliff, metaphorically, but in a creative way, and in a way where the structure was really solid.” ThinkingWayIdeasReasonAbleActingEmotionCreativeEnvironmentLetting GoStructureIntenseRangeControlledCliffsIntense Emotions Author:Carla Gugino
“I love acting. I love stage work, more than anything. It's just live. It's right there in front of you. If you make a mistake, they know it and you know it. I won't do anything where I feel like I'm just making a fool out of myself. By doing that, I'm able to rise to my highest potential.” IfsKnowsFeelsAbleActingMistakeStageFrontsFoolHighestJust Live Author:Mike Tyson
“Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.” FeelsMeanLittlesCharacterAbleActionSuccessActingEncouragementLittle Things Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is moderate, and that is acting as a beacon for freedom and liberty across the Arab world.” WorldWould BeAbleActingLibertyModernTrackEgyptModeratesFreedom And LibertyBeaconsArab WorldRight Track Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“So I think it was to Bryan's credit that he was able to let go of some of those things because you create these scenes and you think you become creative, even I, acting things, you become very creatively taken by it.” ThinkingAbleActingCreativeTakenSceneLetting GoCreditBryan Author:Brandon Routh
“I always felt blessed that I was able to make a living in a profession [acting] that not a lot of people can make a living at, and I was able to do something I liked, rather than be in a job that I hated.” PeopleAbleJobsFeltActingBlessedProfessionHated Author:Clint Eastwood
“I think because I have quite a normal family and I'm bored with how normal my family is. I want to mess stuff up a bit. I chose the messed up characters because I find that that's acting. I want to explore emotions that you otherwise wouldn't be able to explore.” WantCharacterAbleStuffBitsActingEmotionNormalMy FamilyMessBoredMessed UpNormal Family Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“I consider theater, this is a vacation for me from LA, I sort of view this as I get to have this vacation and during my vacation I get to work on acting. It's like an acting class. And if I go too long without doing a play, I just feel empty. Like approaching a role, I feel like the pool is very shallow, like I'm drawn from it. So I need to come back and do a play, fortunately I've been able to, every couple of years.” IfsNeedsFeelsYearsLongPlayAbleViewsActingClassRolesCoupleEmptyTheaterPoolVacationShallowActing Classes Author:Alan Tudyk
“I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.” IfsKnowsWantYearsStillsTwoImportantAbleJobsThreeHouseActingDogCarTaughtDadLuckyMy DadThree YearsMy DogPaymentFrugalCar Payments Author:Ashley Greene
“I always say about acting: the audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. So if you're able to give them an experience where they feel, 'Oh, my gosh, that's me, that's my story, they know!' then you've done your job.” IfsKnowsGivingFeelsDoneStoriesAbleJobsActorsActingAudienceOh My Gosh Author:Julianne Moore