“Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people to record it - but they'll all do it differently and they'll all have that option. Whereas with actors there might be one part, and five hundred actors all want the same role - it's so much more competitive. It's an incredibly painful profession because you get so much rejection.” PeopleWantMayDifferentMightSongActorsDifficultActingRolesRecordsFiveFourSingingHundredPainfulProfessionRejection Author:Olivia Newton-John
“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 what I do, and acting allows me to stretch all those different muscles in all kinds of ways. That's pretty cool.” WorldWayKindDoeI CanDifferentFactsLosesActingCreatingAll KindsMusclesGoing Away Author:Roddy Piper
“Wrestling and acting couldn't be anymore different in terms of what it takes to entertain. Wrestling is explosion, acting is implosion. One really screws up the other.” DifferentTermActingWrestlingScrewsExplosionsScrew Ups Author:Roddy Piper
“There were two things that became apparent, pretty quickly into the process. One was that the muscles didn't take as much reconditioning as I thought they would. It was more like voice acting than I thought it would be. You're using your whole body and there are things that are different, but when you are doing a character, even in the booth, nobody is watching but my face will do different things when I do different characters.” TwoDifferentWholeCharacterBodyWould BeFacesProcessVoiceActingTwo ThingsMusclesDifferent ThingsBe YouDifferent CharactersVoice Acting Author:Seth MacFarlane
“I love challenging myself, doing different things and exploring different areas that I haven't been to or gone to before. That's what I love about acting, and that's what I love about film.” DifferentFilmChallengesActingGoneHavensAreasDifferent ThingsExploringChallenging Myself Author:Taylor Lautner
“For me, making a lot of dramas on one side it's a different sort of challenge, and on the other, it's not a challenge at all, meaning that my goal is to try and bring the realism and acting you might find in a straight drama with the intentions and conflict, where it doesn't feel tongue-in-cheek, but rather committed and real.” FeelsTryingDifferentRealMightSidesGoalChallengesActingDramaConflictIntentionCommittedTongueCheeksRealismTongue In Cheek Author:James Mangold
“We don't want bores in the theatre. We don't want standardised acting, standard actors with standard-shaped legs. Acting needs everybody, cripples, dwarfs and people with noses so long. Give us something that is different.” PeopleWantNeedsGivingLongDifferentActorsActingStandardsTheaterLegsTheatreNosesBoresDwarfsCripples Author:Sybil Thorndike
“A live audience with live reactions feeds a different sort of acting that will then inform your film work, and vice versa.” DifferentFilmActingAudienceVicesReactionsVice Versa Author:Richard McCabe
“I think there are all sorts of ways of turning into an actor, and there are a vast variety of different actors. You know, you interview plenty of actors and you know they come at it from a different direction and acting means different things to a lot of people.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayMeanDifferentActorsActingPlentyVarietyInterviewsDifferent ThingsDifferent Directions Author:John Lithgow
“When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do more and try lots of different things. I've also really worked on my breathing, which is a funny thing to talk about, if you're not an actor. I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsTryingDifferentJobsUsedActorsProcessActingHavensKeysStriveOpeningBreathingDifferent ThingsFunny ThingsOpening Up Author:Sigourney Weaver
“The interesting thing with acting, actually, is that you get to be so many different people that you get to do so much research on so many different things that I've learned so much about brain surgery and about astrophysicist-type of things and traveling to amazing parts of the world.” PeopleWorldDifferentInterestingActingBrainTypeResearchI've LearnedDifferent ThingsSurgeryDifferent PeoplesInteresting ThingsBrain Surgery Author:Carla Gugino
“That's what's so satisfying about acting. You can come as prepared as you like, but there's no accounting for what's going to come at you from the other actor. That's part of the joy and the play of it. If you don't have that it's a different kind of performance.” IfsKindDifferentPlayJoyActorsActingPerformancesPreparedSatisfyingDifferent KindsAccounting Author:David Oyelowo
“My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa.” PeopleIfsWantI CanDifferentFeelingsActorsBitsActingCreativeStageSingingCrossesVicesDefinedConfinedVice VersaCerebral Author:Orlando Bloom
“I think the greatest gift actually acting is that I have a true fascination and love for people, and the way they are, and all the choices they made in life and all the different paths they took. I feel like acting gives me an opportunity to dig a little bit into that. That's great because it's eye-opening and it makes you an open person.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingFeelsLittlesPersonsMadeDifferentEyeChoicesOpportunityBitsActingPathLittle BitAnd LoveGive MeOpeningFascinationGreatest GiftsEye OpeningDifferent Paths Author:Wes Bentley
“Each form of the acting is different. I think it keeps your mind active. TV, film and theater are different disciplines, as are independent films, opposed to studio films. There are differences in the size and the genre, or a period drama as opposed to a contemporary drama, or the types of characters.” ThinkingMindDifferentCharacterFilmFormDifferencesActingTvsTypeDisciplinePeriodsDramaTheaterIndependentSizeStudiosActiveContemporaryGenreIndependent Film Author:Luke Evans
“The great thing about acting is, because you're constantly playing other characters and exploring yourself because you have to find those other characters in yourself, you sort of broaden as a person over your life because you've been other people. So you can empathize with many different sorts of people. It's great in that way and I hope, therefore, as you get older as an actor, you not only get more interesting because you lived more, but you get a bit wiser as a person.” PeopleWayPersonsDifferentCharacterActorsBitsInterestingActingGreat ThingsOver YouWiserExploring Author:Jeremy Irons
“In wrestling there are so many people inside and outside the ring, and it's so live, and it's this whole adrenaline thing. Whereas you move it into this more intimate thing, everything gets all quiet, someone says action, and you have to say the lines and make the words your own. It couldn't be any more different and it's weird sometimes trying to explain that to people. When I tell people that acting is much more terrifying to me than going out in front of ten thousand people, they don't quite believe it because for some reason that intimacy is just terrifying to me.” PeopleTryingBelieveDifferentSometimesReasonWholeActionMovingLinesActingFrontsThousandQuietTenRingsIntimacyIntimateWrestlingGoing OutAdrenalineInside And Outside Author:Dave Bautista
“I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices. Probably about 3/4 of those were comedic, in some way, and the other 1/4 was more serious stuff or more action or more dramatic little pieces that I would make. But, I tend to lean towards comedy.” WayYearsFirstsLittlesDifferentEnoughKidsActionStuffVoiceActingComedyPiecesSeriousMy FriendsDramaticAccentsFirst LoveComedic Author:Sharlto Copley
“Not just as an actress, but on a human-being level, I've experienced frustration on many different levels. [With my] career, it would be more the frustration of not always finding challenging material or inspiring material ... [Acting is] therapeutic for me. I'm pretty accommodating.” HumansDifferentWould BeChallengesHuman BeingsLevelsActingCareersMaterialsFindingsActressesFrustrationTherapeuticDifferent Levels Author:Vera Farmiga
“I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.” PeopleBelieveKindChildrenDifferentPlayNaturalActingAll KindsPretendingDifferent PeoplesSpoiledMake BelieveYoungest ChildPlaying Make Believe Author:Katherine Heigl
“I think doing different accents is part of the job of acting, really. It's something else that I quite enjoy the challenge of, to be honest.” ThinkingDifferentJobsEnjoyChallengesActingHonestBeing HonestAccents Author:David Tennant
“Social cognitive theory rejects the dichotomous conception of self as agent and self as object. Acting on the environment and acting on oneself entail shifting the perspective of the same agent rather than reifying different selves regulating each other or transforming the self from agent to object” DifferentSelfSocialActingEnvironmentObjectsTheoryPerspectiveOneselfAgentsRejectsConceptionShiftingTransformingCognitiveSelf Efficacy Author:Albert Bandura
“Acting is interesting because you get to be involved in different stories and get to work with different people. Also, acting allows one to be a part of different stories, travel to different parts of the country and all the experiences put together make life interesting.” PeopleDifferentCountryStoriesTogetherInterestingActingInvolvedDifferent Peoples Author:Nandita Das
“I've got a feeling I'm leaving stardom behind, you know. I'm gradually becoming more of a filmmaker, acquiring a different kind of dignity from that which you achieve in acting. After all, I'm no matinee idol, and I'm getting older. I don't think I can be doing my kind of thing in the seventies; I want to be on more of the creative side of business.” ThinkingKnowsWantKindI CanDifferentFeelingsSidesActingBehindsCreativeAchieveBecomingDignityLeavingFilmmakerRacingIdolsDifferent KindsSeventiesGetting OldGetting OlderBehind YouBecoming MoreStardom Author:Steve McQueen
“Movies and acting are so much fun. I love playing different characters and doing different genres. It's all still very interesting to me.” StillsDifferentCharacterFunInterestingActingGenreVery InterestingDifferent CharactersDifferent Genres Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“I'm definitely not a dancer. I can move well, but it's more about the acting and the singing for me. Acting and singing are completely different, so I can't say which one I love better because I love them both. I love acting because I get to play different characters. But I also love my music because I get to portray me.” WellsI CanDifferentPlayCharacterMovingLove IsActingMusic IsSingingDancerDifferent Characters Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“I can only live my life in this way. I don't think I would be living it a different way if I wasn't acting.” IfsThinkingWayI CanDifferentWould BeActingDifferent WaysLiving My Life Author:Dakota Fanning
“Acting is an imaginative leap, really. And imaginations prosper in different circumstances. And it's being able - I can't tell you how one does, but one tries to read those circumstances correctly.” TryingDoeI CanDifferentAbleImaginationActingCircumstancesLeapImaginative Author:John Hurt
“I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting. And again, I'm not going, "I've got to become a dramatic actor now." I just want more interesting jobs. I just want to keep doing stuff that's different.” WantShouldTryingDifferentJobsActorsStuffInterestingActingBalanceStrikesDramatic Author:Patton Oswalt
“It's a really unique acting opportunity to play two roles who are not only interacting with each other, but vastly different.” TwoDifferentPlayOpportunityActingRolesUniqueInteracting Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“When I was in acting class, we did a lot of really serious scenes, and we didn't do comedic scenes. I felt like doing those scenes, it didn't come out of my mouth the right way. I don't know if it's because my voice is different, or what it is about me, but it just seemed a little off.” IfsKnowsWayLittlesDifferentFeltVoiceActingClassSeriousSceneMouthsRight WayComedicActing Classes Author:Leslie Mann
“The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.” PeopleLooksDifferentActingProjectsDifferent PeoplesThings I LoveDifferent Life Author:Keira Knightley
“I mean I don't think it got me interested in acting. I think it might be what makes it so that I can have the idea of the variety of people in the world, different incomes. That helps. When you're going to play someone it's interesting and nice to see experiences that aren't like yours. But there's always the remarkable similarity of all people.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanI CanIdeasDifferentPlayHelpingMightInterestingActingNiceLike YouIncomeVarietyRemarkableSimilarity Author:Peter Sarsgaard
“When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's a self-indulgent exercise. It's the way I make my music. And when I'm acting, I get to leave myself behind, which is a relief. I get to collaborate with a director; I respect the director's medium and all the actors and actresses. So at the end of the day, it's about a character and it's about a director's vision. It's a really good balance for being so intense and alone in my personal process of making music.” WayWritingDifferentEndsSelfPlayCharacterActorsProcessActingBehindsVisionProduceBalanceExerciseDirectorsInstrumentsStudiosActressesIntenseMediumsReliefThe End Of The DaySelf IndulgentActors And Actresses Author:Lenny Kravitz
“Visualizing, creative mental picturing, is no more difficult than what you do when you remember some scene out of the past, or worry about the future. Acting out new action patterns is no more difficult than deciding, then following through on tying your shoes in a new and different manner each morning, instead of continuing to tie them in your old habitual way, without thought or decision.” WayDifferentActionPastRememberDifficultDecisionActingMorningWorryCreativeSceneShoesPatternsFollowingTiesContinuingHabitualFollow ThroughVisualizingActing Out Book:Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life Source: Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life
“Acting is so much fun. It is a different ball game and I want to concentrate on that at the moment. I'm really passionate about what I do. I love entertainment and telling stories to people and I am very lucky that I am doing what I want to do.” PeopleWantDifferentMomentsStoriesGamesFunActingLuckyBallsPassionateEntertainmentTelling StoriesBall Games Author:Britney Spears
“In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination. In a book, your imagination will do the acting for you. Also, the process of revelation is often different. Tension is achieved in a different way.” WayNeedsBookDifferentActorsProcessImaginationActingDifferent WaysTensionRevelationsGood Actors Author:Yann Martel
“I like writing and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my creative habit. It varies, but I do know that I need to continue. It helps me with my acting, and the writing helps me be invested in a different way.” ThinkingKnowsWayNeedsWritingTryingStillsDifferentHelpingPainEnjoyActingCreativeHabitBalancePainfulDifferent WaysHelp MeVary Author:Gbenga Akinnagbe
“I was very, very shy when I was little. Acting lets you access all those different parts of yourself to make the character authentic.” LittlesDifferentCharacterActingAccessShy Author:Rose Byrne