“I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.” PeopleIfsMindCharacterStoriesActorsStarsDifferencesActingRolesMajorsConclusionStardom Author:Morgan Freeman
“Today enormous effort goes into convincing the American public that we're just consumers of media manipulation and sound-bites and spin doctors. That we care only about ourselves, money, and stuff. That acting out of passion and conviction doesn't make a difference. But all history shows that it does.” DoeShowsCareTodayPassionStuffSoundDifferencesEffortActingMediaDoctorsConvictionEnormousConsumersMaking A DifferenceManipulationBitesConvincingMedia ManipulationActing OutSound BitesSpin Doctors Author:Bernardine Dohrn
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.” WorldInspirationalProblemMotivationalActionPeaceDifferencesActingPositiveCapableEmpathySelf ImprovementIndiaClimate ChangeSolveChanging The WorldRepublicProblem SolvingNon ViolenceBeing At PeaceOuter WorldsMaking A Difference In The WorldRepublic DayViolence And PeaceWorld ProblemsGlobal Peace Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“I don't see any difference in the craft of acting, in film or television. It's absolutely the same. It's different storytelling, playing a character over multiple hours, as opposed to two.” TwoDifferentCharacterFilmHoursDifferencesActingTelevisionStorytellingCraftsMultiple Author:David Duchovny
“I do some acting. And there's a difference between "I do some acting" and "I'm an actor."” ActorsDifferencesActing Author:Tom Waits
“I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, Whats the difference between the teachers and the students? Why are the teachers teachers if they want to be acting? It didnt make sense to me anymore. Its not like you learn how to set a broken bone and you get the stamp of approval.” IfsWantSchoolFeltDifferencesActingTeacherStudentsLike YouBrokenBonesMake SenseApprovalStampsGreat ExperiencesGradGrad SchoolBroken Bone Author:Taylor Schilling
“Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.” IfsWritingForceDifferencesActingPersonalityPagesGood Acting Author:Larry Hagman
“Having a live audience makes a world of difference to the acting. It keeps your timing sharp. When something doesn't work, the actor can sense the reaction from the audience and quickly move on.” WorldMovingActorsDifferencesActingAudienceReactionsTiming Author:Betty White
“Each religion is a brave guess at the authorship of Hamlet. Yet, as far as the play goes, does it make any difference whether Shakespeare or Bacon wrote it? Would it make any difference to the actors if their parts happened out of nothingness, if they found themselves acting on the stage because of some gross and unpardonable accident? Would it make any difference if the playwright gave them the lines or whether they composed them themselves, so long as the lines were properly spoken? Would it make any difference to the characters if 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was really a dream?” IfsLongDoePlayCharacterGodDreamNightActorsFoundDifferencesLinesActingHappenedStageBraveAccidentsNothingnessGrossPlaywrightAuthorshipMidsummerMidsummer Night's Dream Author:Lewis Mumford
“The uppermost idea with Hellenism is to see things as they really are; the uppermost ideas with Hebraism is conduct and obedience.Nothing can do away with this ineffaceable difference. The Greek quarrel with the body and its desires is, that they hinder right thinking; the Hebrew quarrel with them is, that they hinder right acting.” ThinkingIdeasBodyDesireCan DoDifferencesActingObedienceGreekJudaismQuarrelsHebrewHinderHellenism Author:Matthew Arnold
“The actual time you're acting is miniscule compared to the time you're getting ready to do the work. The big difference on series television is, there's not a lot of hanging-out time. You're pumping those pages out, you're doing six, seven, eight pages a day. And I like that pace.” BigsDifferencesActingTelevisionReadySixPagesSeriesSevenEightHanging OutPace Author:Joe Mantegna
“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
“I walked away from acting for eight years and tried to make the choice that I should have made when I was 21. But, it doesn't make any difference. Nothing changed. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.” ShouldYearsMadeChoicesDifferencesActingChangedShould HaveEightTubesToothpaste Author:Mel Gibson
“Before doing stand-up, I thought acting was easy - it's not easy. It's a hard life. It's easy in its own way, you just stand there and talk. But there is a difference between people who can do it well and people who can't.” PeopleWayWellsHardEasyCan DoDifferencesActingHard Life Author:Jim Jefferies
“Some people are good at performing in front of people like that, but I'm uncomfortable at it. I think maybe that's the difference between acting and being a performer. I don't think I'm a natural performer.” PeopleThinkingNaturalDifferencesActingFrontsPerformingUncomfortablePerformers Author:Kristen Stewart