“I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic, in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.” WayTwoMovingEasyActingSchizophrenic Author:Jodie Foster
“Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera.” YearsMovingActingNew YorkLuckMovedDumbOperaAuditionsSoapSoap OperasLarksDumb Luck Author:Teddy Sears
“I learned a valuable lesson doing 'Mr. Sunshine,' which is that I didn't want to be in charge because it's too much. Being in charge and acting in every scene was just too difficult. It's like eating dinner in a moving golf cart every night.” WantMovingNightDifficultActingToo MuchLessonsSceneEatingGolfValuableDinnerSunshineEvery NightCartsValuable LessonsEating DinnerGolf Carts Author:Matthew Perry
“Our world is incomplete until each one of us discovers what moves us - our passion. No other person can hear our calling. We must listen and act on it for ourselves.” WorldLifePersonsActionMovingPassionActingInspirational LifeListeningCallingOur WorldIncomplete Book:The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work: Easyread Edition Source: The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work: Easyread Edition
“When I got into comedy, which was really for acting, I would see the guys who would be considered great today. They were great, but after a few minutes I could get kind of bored because they wouldn't move around. The dress code was boring to me. I didn't want to see the guy next door when I'm watching a performer. I wanted to see someone I would pay a ticket for.” WantKindWould BeTodayWantedMovingGuyNextPayActingComedyDoorsMinutesDressesBoringCodeBoredPerformersTicketsDress Code Author:Andrew Dice Clay
“Stage actors are usually much more conscious of speaking up and making sure that everyone can hear in the back of the theatre; a film actor probably thinks of that a little less. Unfortunately, there's a style of acting going round, especially with the younger actors, where they talk without even moving their lip. Maybe it's because my hearing probably isn't what it was 40 years ago but I'm sitting there going "What did they say"?” ThinkingYearsLittlesFilmMovingActorsActingStageStyleConsciousSittingYears AgoRoundsLipsHearingTheatreSpeaking UpFilm ActorsStage Actors Author:Clint Eastwood
“I think the best models are actors, you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition. Acting is a bigger step into modelling in a way. Modelling is easier when you don't look like yourself. When you look like a different person, you feel different. Acting goes deeper into that, you have to move and talk like that character. I love it.” ThinkingWayFeelsLooksPersonsLongHas BeensDifferentCharacterSeemsMovingActorsActingStepsCrazyLike YouEasierLong TimeModelsBiggerDeeperTransitionLike YourselfModelling Author:Liberty Ross
“I always revered people that I thought had an idea and proceeded through with it. I guess I've been that way since the day I called my father and told him I was going to study acting and maybe try to see if I could do well with that, and he told me: "Don't do that. You don't want to do that, that's just dream stuff. Get a legitimate job and move forward."” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingWellsIdeasDreamJobsMovingFatherStuffActingStudyMoving ForwardIf I Could Author:Clint Eastwood
“One of the things I do tell young women, if they want to pursue a career in acting, is to get good stage training. It is essential to have a good basis in stage technique. You can move into film easily, and acquire more skill and more understanding, but you can't necessarily go the other way around. For women, longevity of career will very much be on stage.” IfsWayWantFilmMovingYoungUnderstandingActingCareersStageSkillsEssentialsTrainingBasesTechniquePursueAcquireLongevityYoung Women Author:Kathleen Turner
“The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.” MadeIdeasEyeMovingActingVirtueStageAffectionVisibleSublimePlatoOur LoveSupplementsPulpitLove And AffectionPlato S Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“I knew that I wanted to pursue acting as a profession during my sophomore year of college. One of my Professors (Karen Deacons-Brock) at N.C Central University assigned me to perform a one woman show for my final project and it was then, along with her encouragement, that it was time for me to move to NY in pursuit of a professional acting career.” YearsShowsWantedMovingActingCareersCollegeProjectsEncouragementFinalsUniversityProfessionPursuitPursueProfessorsOne WomanSophomoreSophomore YearDeacons Author:April Parker Jones
“To the extent to which the pull that moves me really is irresistible, like an invincibly strong addiction, the normal procedures of evaluation, deliberation, choice, decision, etc. that constitute the substance of our political life are not operating. The same is true of overwhelming aversion. The person being tortured who simply wants it to stop, period, is also not a good model for an agent acting politically.” WantPersonsMovingPoliticalChoicesStrongDecisionActingPeriodsNormalModelsAddictionAgentsSubstanceEtcOverwhelmingProceduresIrresistibleAversionEvaluationDeliberationPolitical Life Book:Philosophy and Real Politics Source: Philosophy and Real Politics
“After high school, I was going to move out to L.A. and try to pursue my dreams of acting. My parents said, "Thats fine. We support you, but you have to go to school", which was fine because I'm a studious person anyway, I enjoy it.” TryingPersonsSaidDreamSchoolMovingParentEnjoyActingSupportFineHigh SchoolPursueSupport YouStudiousAfter High School Author:Josie Loren
“The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation.” WholeMovingActingHealthyOccupationChameleon Author:Andy Serkis
“Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.” IfsStillsEnoughJobsMovingActorsActingTheaterEngagedTicketsStance Author:Ed Asner
“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