“I injured myself quite badly when I was seventeen. I broke my ankle, and it didn't heal in such a way that I could keep dancing at the level I wanted to. It wasn't like, 'Oh my god, I'll never play the violin again.' I could, but not at the level I wanted. So, I segued into acting, the other thing that was also meaningful to me.” WayPlayWantedLevelsActingDancingMeaningfulHealBrokeInjuredViolinSeventeenAnkles Author:Kristin Lehman
“I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.” SometimesMy OwnLevelsActingAttentionLuckyFaults Author:Sienna Miller
“What I'm having is this conflict in my life right now, that in New York, I see my directing friends and I see acting friends and they've all got this level of passion about either or both of those directions that I've never really found myself having.” PassionFoundLevelsActingNew YorkRight NowConflictEither Or Author:Danny Pintauro
“I love playing half squid/half crab guy because you can get away with a level of acting that if you tried it anywhere else they'd arrest you for crimes against acting.” IfsGuyLevelsActingHalfCrimeGet AwayCrabsSquids Author:Bill Nighy
“Acting has to reach everybody on some level - it's a communication of feeling - but as far as judging the work is concerned, it is, I think, something that actors know about.” ThinkingKnowsFeelingsActorsLevelsActingJudgingCommunicationConcerned Author:Meryl Streep
“It's not normal for me to feel jealous. I'm competitive with myself more than anything. And anyway, all of my friends in the business are bigger than me! Most of them are musicians, and I think music takes them to a whole new level. For me, I'm going to try out music, but it will be more fun than anything else. I'm really trying my hardest to become a well-respected actress. All I really want to do is movie after movie after movie. I love acting, and I want to create that so I can be around for a long time.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingWellsLongI CanWholeFunLevelsActingNormalMusicianLong TimeMy FriendsBiggerActressesHardestJealousTrying My Hardest Author:Selena Gomez
“On some level acting is the art of pretend and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be able to see things that aren't there no matter what aspect of acting, whether it's green screen, whether it's on stage, whether it's anything else, whether you're working on the radio.” ArtMatterAbleImaginationLevelsActingStageAspectNo Matter WhatGreenRadioScreens Author:Stephen Lang
“I was working more on a primal, instinctive level. And it just seemed to suit me; it seemed to suit my concentration span, it seemed to suit my personal style of performance, and I have fallen in love with film acting.” FilmLevelsActingStylePerformancesSuitsFallenConcentrationPrimalPersonal StyleFilm Acting Author:Ron Perlman
“For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I'd go into a shoot, there'd be all these dresses, and I'd say to myself, 'Okay, this isn't me. It's somebody else. So, who is this person?' Acting is the next level of that.” PersonsCharacterNextLevelsActingCreatingOkayDressesModelingNext LevelCreating Characters Author:Agyness Deyn
“The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously.” ReasonCertainLevelsActingFiguresMovementIntelligentAbsenceFoolishRecognitionPlotBetter OffCalculations Author:Pablo Picasso
“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
“The level of acting that I bring to films in three dimensions. I hope they make people sign some kind of waiver because if their mind explodes from my acting in 3D, it's not my fault.” PeopleIfsMindKindFilmThreeLevelsActingFaultsDimensionsThree DimensionsWaiver Author:Thomas Lennon
“I'm still learning to be the best actor I can be, and I have a long way to go to get to the level I would like to be at. My focus is still 100% acting acting acting. Once I hit a point where I feel very comfortable as an actor - because you can never stop learning, I don't care how comfortable you get, you can never stop learning - but once I hit a point where I can get that comfort level of taking on the task of directing and having the confidence in myself to have people's respect when I give them direction, that's definitely something I want to do someday.” PeopleWayWantGivingFeelsLongStillsI CanCareActorsLevelsActingFocusComfortComfortableTasksDon't CareI Don't CareBeing The BestSomedayLong WayLong Way To GoNever Stop Learning Author:Sean Faris
“But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.” WorldLevelsActingThis World Author:Chris Evans
“Having emotional connections to things that don't really exist, like looking at a green ball and really loving that green ball, and being sad whether it's around or not. Stuff like that. I've never done acting at this level before so it was a huge challenge for me. It was a hurdle to overcome just to survive.” DoneStuffChallengesLevelsActingEmotionalHugeConnectionsOvercomingBallsGreenHurdleBeing SadEmotional Connection Author:Shia LaBeouf
“In all American professional sports you start on a certain level and you have to work your way up through a farm system. It's really the same in acting.” WayCertainSportsLevelsActingFarmsProfessional Sports Author:Bruce Dern
“Acting is never really effortless, at least not for me. It requires a massive amount of work. But, there's definitely an added level of having to just create the whole thing again, every time. It's also a very exciting thing, to do that.” WholeLevelsActingAmountExcitingThings To DoMassiveEffortlessExciting Things Author:Charlie Hunnam