“I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I didn't study acting until I moved to Los Angeles after college, but the fact that I was raised in the Chicago area set the stage for all of my comedic and acting sensibilities.” FactsSchoolActingStudyStageCollegeGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolAreasMovedWestSouthRaisedUniversityMilesLos AngelesChicagoSensibilityComedicIllinois Author:Ryan McPartlin
“I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy or as much Shakespeare as I had intended.” DonePlayWantedActingComedyHavensTvsAreasPassagesDetectivesRiteRite Of Passage Author:Olivia Williams
“Everybody has some talents - we all have an art side and some talent - but you have some areas where you are better than others. My area is acting, I guess. I hope.” ArtSidesActingTalentAreasWhere You Are Author:Olivier Martinez
“I think everyone's journey through this crazy, weird, wild, wonderful area of work named acting is really their own. And if you're going for something that isn't yours, you're wasting time. You could be focused on your own work instead of thinking about somebody else.” IfsThinkingActingWonderfulJourneyCrazyAreasFocusedWasting Time Author:Laura Linney
“I would just say that I could share what served me, which was trying to find the best material that I could possibly find and make it better. When other celebrities and sports stars, or people that are successful in another area, cross over into movies, they're always encouraged to bring that same tenacity and that same relentless drive that you had to make it. You have to apply that to acting.” PeopleTryingStarsSportsActingSuccessfulShareMaterialsAreasCrossesRelentlessTenacitySports Stars Author:Dwayne Johnson
“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
“I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this same area. I have been acting and playing music since childhood. It's what I enjoyed most.” IfsHas BeensWould BeActingChildhoodAreasPursuitEnjoyedPlaying Music Author:Dermot Mulroney
“An addict is an addict. If they're not acting out in one area, it tends to come out in another. I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate.” IfsThinkingActingAreasAccurateAddictActing Out Author:Edie Falco
“It took me quite a long time to realise that my maleness was cutting off certain areas for Yoko [Ono]. She's a red hot liberationistand was quick to show me where I was going wrong, even though it seemed to me that I was just acting naturally. That's why I'm always interested to know how people who claim to be radical treat women.” PeopleKnowsLongShowsCertainActingKnow HowCuttingLong TimeRedAreasTreatsClaimsHotRadicalRealisingShow MeCutting OffRed HotMaleness Author:John Lennon
“In so many areas, when you think about it, you never really see an actor cross over to music. It always music to acting and it's receivable because when music gives a form of entertainment of art to where it's very personable, it's a passion, it's an intimate type of art to when you hear it, it's them.” ThinkingGivingArtFormPassionActorsActingTypeAreasCrossesEntertainmentIntimate Author:Nick Cannon
“I grew up in such a small area that there really weren't any acting classes. So I had to wait till I got to college.” WaitingActingClassCollegeGrewGrew UpAreasActing Classes Author:Mariana Klaveno
“I grew up in such a small area that there really weren't any acting classes. So I had to wait till I got to college, at the University of Washington. I was a theater major there and got my training. Then after college, I packed up my Honda Civic and kind of fulfilled the cliché of driving down to Los Angeles, and literally, brick by brick - you know, the slow and painful way - I built my career.” KnowsWayKindWaitingActingClassCareersCollegeGrewMajorsGrew UpTrainingBuiltAreasTheaterUniversityPainfulDrivingLos AngelesFulfilledBricksCivicsActing ClassesHonda Author:Mariana Klaveno
“In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.” WritingSpaceActingAreasMapsMakersExploringPsychicsNo PointExplorers Book:Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader Source: Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader
“Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days and whole unsuccessful seasons: there will be great misunderstandings and deep disappointments… you must be prepared for all this, expect it and nevertheless, stubbornly, fanatically follow your own way.” WayInspirationalArtWholeMotivationalActorsWalksActingImpossibleStageAreasSeasonsPreparedDisappointmentStoresNeverthelessBe PreparedMisunderstandingStumblingUnsuccessfulDeep Disappointment Book:Letters of Anton Chekhov Source: Letters of Anton Chekhov
“Work for the actor lies essentially in two areas: the ability to consistently create reality and the ability to express that reality.” TwoRealityLyingActorsAbilityActingExpressionDirectorsCreatingAreasTheaterConsistently Author:Lee Strasberg