“I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.” FirstsWantedActingGrowing UpFiveGrowingPlayerAmbitionMusicianNineHockeyUsualHockey Player Author:Michael J. Fox
“I personally feel that acting is not totally different from singing and being a musician.” FeelsDifferentActingMusicianSinging Author:Alicia Keys
“It's easy for people to mistake most musicians as living the easy life. It takes a while to get to that point. I'm sure it's like that for acting and television.” PeopleEasyActingMistakeTelevisionMusicianEasy Life Author:Chaz Bundick
“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
“I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever.” PeopleThinkingMenSportsActingTalkingVisionFiguresPoliticianMusicianAdmireInfluentialNot Talking Author:Benicio Del Toro
“I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.” MomentsActorsActingStudyDadMusicianJazzMy DadCompareCourageousI Have LearnedGiftedLive In The MomentJazz MusicQuartetsGood Acting Author:Nat Wolff
“We [musicians] are comfortable in front of the camera doing music videos, and it's almost a form of acting when we're doing music videos. We're acting out our own thoughts and what we've written down on paper.” FormActingWrittenFrontsPaperComfortableMusicianCamerasVideoActing Out Author:Ludacris
“We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat when we really mean he is outstanding.” MeanArtImportantUseValuesActorsLosesActingMusicMusicianInstanceCharmOutstandingReally MeanOften IsImportant Words Book:The Fabric of Memory Source: The Fabric of Memory
“It is so hard for musicians when they step into acting is they're not coming in as a blank slate, they're coming in with a real set idea of who they are, where they're coming from, what their politics are, what their tastes are.” IdeasRealHardActingStepsTasteMusicianBlankSlateBlank Slates Author:Shirley Manson
“Acting is a creative process, and directing and music. I think creative people - and I take myself as a creative person and it doesn't mean you have to be an actor, a musician, or a painter - but I think if you are in a creative profession or a creative business you do have a heightened awareness.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanPersonsActorsProcessActingCreativeAwarenessMusicianProfessionPainterCreative ProcessCreative PeopleCreative PersonCreative Business Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Involve yourself every day. Work hard and figure out how to love acting all day, every day. It's getting into a made-up situation and making it good and making it real and just playing, just practicing and playing. Like the musicians that I played piano with: they never expect to be rich or famous, but they, for the sheer joy of it, play every day, all day.” MadeRealHardPlayJoyActingSituationRichFiguresHard WorkMusicianPianoSheerHow To LoveNever ExpectSheer Joy Author:Jeff Goldblum
“Then, at age 20, I discovered theater sort of by accident. Quite quickly, theater became more important to me than music. I began to realize that maybe my talents as a musician were quite limited, or had a ceiling to them, whereas acting seemed to sort of stretch before me. I got very passionate about it very quickly.” ImportantAgeRealizingActingTalentMusicianTheaterPassionateAccidentsCeilings Author:Cillian Murphy
“What's totally terrifying is that, unlike a musician who has a musical instrument, or a painter that's got a canvas and a brush, acting is us. Our energy, our soul, our spirits. And it's so hard because it's so vulÂnerable. You're exposing everything.” SoulHardSpiritEnergyActingMusicianInstrumentsMusicalPainterCanvasBrushesExposingMusical Instruments Author:Jane Fonda
“The longer you've been acting, normally, the better you are at it. As a musician, it doesn't work like that.” ActingMusician Author:Larry Mullen, Jr.
“I went to college and stage school, and thought about acting, but... I just don't like actors very much! They're not as fun as musicians.” SchoolActorsFunActingStageCollegeMusician Author:Martha Wainwright
“Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that - we want it to come from us: naturally, truly, really.” WantRealUseActingMusicianSingersSongwriters Author:Ronee Blakley
“I was working as a cocktail waitress in a heavy metal bar. Then, my manager said I should try some acting, which led to an audition Satisfaction, where I played a musician in an all-girl band. That movie is where I met my future ex-husband Jody Porter.” ShouldTryingSaidGirlActingMetsBandHusbandMusicianSatisfactionHeavyBarsManagersMetalsAuditionsExesMy FutureCocktailsWaitressHeavy MetalEx Husband Author:Britta Phillips
“I know this might sound a little cliche but, I feel like everybody is searching for the same thing, and that is truth. I think that's sort of the journey to define that which is most inspirational. Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who gets up there and sings so truthfully - I like that.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsLittlesMightActorsSoundActingWatchesJourneyMusicianGet UpCraftsTruthfulCliche Author:Tyler Blackburn
“Even in acting, when I watch an actor who I find to be so truthful in their craft, or a musician who gets up there and sings so truthfully - I like that.” ActorsActingWatchesMusicianGet UpCraftsTruthful Author:Tyler Blackburn
“A lot of things inspire me. Music, for one; in addition to acting, I'm also a musician.” ActingInspireMusician Author:Josie Ho
“I started doing community theater when I was seven and I think the intent was just expression. When you're a musician, you can make music in your room, and when you're a writer, you can write. Acting is one of the tricky art forms where you need a certain amount of permission to be able to do it. You can talk to yourself in the mirror, but it's different than actually acting or doing a scene. You need an audience and you need someone else to do it with.” ThinkingWritingArtDifferentCommunityActingAudienceSceneMusicianSevenTricky Author:Ari Graynor
“My abject hatred of actors and the acting world. I went to college as an actor, and halfway through, I switched to playwriting and directing. Then I spent a couple years working in publishing, doing some freelance journalism for The Village Voice and Musician magazine. I thought my life was going to be as a writer, but then I realized I missed performing, so I got into comedy. It was a nice combination of things I was sort of good at. I was a pretty good writer and a decent actor, but I didn't really like acting, and I didn't have the discipline to be a writer.” WorldActingComedyNiceCollegeCoupleDisciplineMusicianHatredI RealizedJournalismPerformingDecentPublishingHalfway Author:Christian Finnegan
“I'm a musician - music will never go away - but my focus is acting, and I started late so I have to play catch-up. So that means I have to work twice as hard in this game. But it will never stop, I think I always feel I have to work twice as hard.” ThinkingMeanActingFocusMusicianGoing Away Author:Janina Gavankar
“I thought "I don't need to reach out to my fans, I don't need to have that dialogue with them." But as a musician, you have to constantly - especially since my music is not on the same level as my acting - you have to connect with your fans. I actually feel like I have developed friendships through Twitter, people that I've worked with I can kind of keep up with them. I've totally turned a corner. I get it. And Instagram.” PeopleKindActingMusicianMusic IsDialogueReach Out Author:Bryan Greenberg
“I love acting. I can't imagine anything else that I would do. I know a lot of actors that really want to be directors and be musicians and all that stuff. I like acting and I feel like I'm good at it. It kinda makes me happy. It's actually pretty easy to me and I can't imagine doing anything else at this point because I've been doing it for so long.” LongEasyActingImagineMusicianMake Me Happy Author:Edward Furlong
“I've been in front of the camera a million times as a musician, and even directed a few music videos. So, I know a lot about spacing, focus, blocking, etcetera. So, acting isn't totally new for me. Still, I find it fascinating, because you actually get to be another person.” ActingFocusMusicianBlock Author:Trey Songz
“I am a musician and am so thankful for that. I have no experience of war. But I find a similarity between performing music onstage and acting - a reality of emotion.” WarRealityActingEmotionMusicianPerformingSimilarity Author:Miyavi
“I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music, you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.” IfsThinkingMatterYoungActorsActingHavensTerribleFameMusicianEthicsShameBottomCraftsWork EthicGreat WorkTerrible ThingsYoung ActorsGreat Work Ethic Author:Denis Leary
“I like acting and being a musician. It's like comparing apples and oranges. But I really like my day job. I've always played music since I was 12, and I guess I always will.” JobsActingMusicianCompareApplesOrangeDay JobsApples And Oranges Author:Dennis Quaid