“I studied acting for five years. I quit college at that point. You know, I go hard. When I know I'm supposed to go in a direction, I'm fully committed and I go all the way. Everything falls to the side and I'm all in. So I completely dove into acting even though I was almost 30.” KnowsWayYearsHardFallSidesActingFiveCollegeCommittedQuittingFive YearsDoveI QuitGo Hard Author:Sonja Sohn
“Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingDoeHardPayActingAttentionKnow HowDirectorsMusic IsHarderProfessionHonestlyPay AttentionInstructionLeeches Author:Michael Shannon
“It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.” HardStrongJusticeActingPoliticianWeakRewardsBeing StrongStrong Man Author:Eamon de Valera
“The boundary between real life and acting is hard to find.” RealHardActingReal LifeBoundaries Author:James Mangold
“But it's hard to sustain a successful acting career today.” HardTodayActingCareersSuccessful Author:James MacArthur
“Sometimes fake laughing is hard once you’ve done a scene 18 times. I don’t want to brag, but I have a reputation for being very, very good at that. It’s funny finding what’s challenging about acting as you go.” WantSometimesHardDoneChallengesActingLaughingSceneFindingsVery GoodReputationFakeBrag Author:Allison Williams
“The acting part is easy; it's the preparing - lifting weights and getting your body in tip-top shape - that's the hard part.” HardBodyEasyActingShapesWeightYour BodyPreparingLiftingLifting Weights Author:Chaske Spencer
“Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte, I didn't know what I was doing and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.” KnowsHardJobsActingTreatedGoing To Work Author:Patton Oswalt
“Writing I think, out of what all of us do, writing is the hardest. You're the only who start with nothing except what's up here. You do that. It's really hard I think, acting is not.” ThinkingWritingHardActingHardest Author:Morgan Freeman
“The nature of acting is that one is many characters and jumps from one skin to another as a way of life. Sometimes it's hard to know exactly what all of your characters think at the same time. Sometimes one of my characters overrules one of my other characters. I'm trying to get them all to harmonize. It's a hell of a job. It's like driving a coach.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingSometimesHardCharacterJobsActingHellSkinsCoachesDriving Author:Anjelica Huston
“As a kid, I was terrified. I was a bed wetter and I had to go to sleepaway camp every summer, which was humiliating and terrifying. I had lots of insecurities and scaredness. I covered it with being funny and tough, but it's hard to be tough when you're making your cot in your bunk over soaking wet sheets and acting like nobody can smell anything.” HardKidsActingBedSummerToughSmellInsecurityCoveredCampsWetTerrifiedSheetsHumiliatingBeing FunnySoakingBunk Author:Sarah Silverman
“I'm a very competitive person. I always have been. And it's hard to be competitive about something as amorphous as acting. But you can be competitive on the track, because the rules are very simple and the declaration of the winner is very concise.” PersonsHas BeensHardSimpleActingTrackWinnerDeclarationConciseCompetitive Person Author:Paul Newman
“It's hard with ballet because your aesthetic really is important. It's different from acting and from film. Nobody wants to watch somebody who is sickly thin. And it's interesting because I have danced with people who are ill, have eating disorders, and a light goes off within them.” PeopleWantImportantDifferentHardLightFilmInterestingActingWatchesEatingIllDisorderBalletAestheticEating Disorder Author:Amanda Schull
“Every role is approached in exactly the same way, you have to make it believable and that's all. Acting is really serious, like, pretending really hard.” WayHardActingRolesSeriousPretendingBelievable Author:Stanley Tucci
“I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard.” ThinkingHardActorsFunActingHard Work Author:Bob Odenkirk
“I think of myself more as an actress. I do my music because I'm very passionate about my music. I love making music. I love inspiring people. I love making great songs that are just really fun. But that's all it usually is for me. I love touring and singing great songs. I don't think I'll ever win a Grammy one day, and I'm totally fine with that. I do work really hard when it comes to acting and I want to do that for a long time.” PeopleThinkingWantLongHardSongWinningFunActingFineOne DayMusic IsLong TimeSingingPassionateActressesTouringLove MakingInspiring LoveGrammy Author:Selena Gomez
“I like to act. I guess letting what you love be what you do is key. I've worked very hard for that to be the case, probably because I'm very lazy and I only want to do things that are fun and I run away from anything that feels like work... Acting for me is like lunch at school - you're just in a playground where you get to pretend and play.” WantFeelsHardPlayRunningSchoolFunLove IsActingCasesKeysLazyLunchRunning AwayWhat You LovePlaygrounds Author:Dichen Lachman
“Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindMeanHardBigsLinesDealsActingBig Deal Author:Ryan Gosling