“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
“It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being.” SpiritMy OwnActingConsciousnessGreaterTasksPressesPossessed Author:Conrad Veidt
“I started out pursuing an acting career out of college when I lived in Los Angeles. When I got an entry into broadcasting, I preferred it. I liked being me, rather than dressing up to be someone else. Now I'm 30 and doing a career of my own and have been in this career for eight years.” YearsHas BeensMy OwnActingCareersCollegeEightLos AngelesDressingsEntryBeing MeDressing UpBroadcasting Author:Eleanor Mondale
“I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that theatre can contribute to a certain analysis and commentary on our own world.” ThinkingWorldWantFeelsEnoughPlayCertainMy OwnActingTheatreAnalysisMy Own LifeCommentaryBystanders Author:Elliot Cowan
“For the first time since I began acting, I feel that I've found my place in the world, that there's something out of my own culture which i can express and perhaps help others preserve..i have found out now that the African natives had a definite culture a long way beyond the culture of the Stone age...an integrated thing, which is still unspoiled by western influences...I think the Americans will be amazed to find how many of the modern dance steps are relics of African heritage.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsFirstsLongStillsI CanHelpingAgeCultureFoundMy OwnActingStepsInfluenceModernFirst TimeStonesWesternHelping OthersPreservesHeritageDefiniteAmazedLong WayIntegratedPlaces In The WorldRelicsStone AgeModern DanceDance Steps Author:Paul Robeson
“Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so Im going to actually start working on my own.” WantHappensSchoolFilmMy OwnNumbersActingFilm School Author:Joseph Mazzello
“I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that Im acting.” My OwnWalksForgetActingRolesLegs Author:Tahar Rahim
“While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness, my own sense of well-being and purpose in the world.” WorldBelieveWellsLittlesI CanPurposeI BelieveMy OwnActingProudWell BeingAwardsBelieve In MePersonal Happiness Author:Meryl Streep
“I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university. When I wanted to start acting again, I couldn't get a job, and that was really depressing. So, I realized, at that time, that I have to take responsibility for my own creativity.” WholeKidsWantedJobsActorsMy OwnActingResponsibilityCreativityUniversityI RealizedWhole LifeQuittingDepressingTaking ResponsibilityI QuitReally Depressing Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it and in so doing took responsibility for my own life.” WritingMy OwnActingResponsibilityProfessionFantasticMy Own Life Author:Stephen Lang
“I never really got on my own case about my own acting. I know a lot of other people have, and probably very justifiably. But I don't worry about stuff like that too much.” PeopleKnowsStuffMy OwnActingCasesWorryToo Much Author:Troy Donahue
“Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand and - ? No. I felt that way about acting, and I was taught to feel that way. I didn't come to it on my own.” WayFeelsHandsFeltMy OwnActingTaughtShoesLakesToesViolinSwansSwan Lake Author:Ellen Barkin
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“One thing I've learned as an actor as well as a producer is to trust my own instinct. When I first started acting I would sometimes have ideas about certain things, whether it's a scene, or a character or certain dialogue, that wouldn't be followed. I was never in a position to have the power to press the matter. Sometimes it wasn't even about my character. But I'd watch the movie afterwards and think I was right.” ThinkingFirstsWellsIdeasSometimesMatterCharacterCertainActorsMy OwnActingWatchesOne ThingPositionScenePressesInstinctDialogueProducersI've LearnedThings I've Learned Author:Gerard Butler
“I never trained in any acting, other than just joking around and doing my own dinky little videos.” LittlesMy OwnActingVideoJoking Around Author:Dylan O'Brien
“Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when it came time to figure out what I was going to go to school for, my parents were like, "Acting?! I don't think so. No." It took me a while to get the courage to pursue it. I had to do it in secret for a little bit, and then when I got married and was out on my own, I went for it.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPlayKidsSchoolBitsParentMy OwnActingSecretGrowing UpComedyGrowingFiguresMarriedLittle BitPursueTheatrical Author:Wendi McLendon-Covey
“I had my own insecurities, which a lot of my comedy would come from, about not being able to live up to their academic expectations. Acting out those insecurities was a way of confronting them, like, “Let me just lean into being a guy who can’t read or write.”” WayWritingAbleGuyMy OwnActingComedyExpectationsLet MeInsecurityAcademicConfrontingActing Out Author:Charlie Day
“I'm not a big fan of training, at all. I really don't like it. I've done a few acting classes and I've just hated them. I think they train you to do something, and sometimes you might not be able to break out of it. Acting is lying, and lying is acting. So, I just prefer to read the script and do it my own way.” ThinkingWaySometimesDoneBigsMightAbleLyingMy OwnActingClassBreakFansTrainingTrainScriptsHatedBreak OutActing Classes Author:Callan McAuliffe
“I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality.” LittlesRealityHouseMy OwnActingEastGardeningHere And ThereBack To Reality Author:Adam Ant
“I have my own method [of acting]. I come from, I've interrogated people; I come from an undercover background, so it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.” PeopleHardMy OwnActingTeachDogMethodTricksBackgroundsOld DogUndercover Author:Mekhi Phifer
“I'm wearing three hats; I'm acting, producing, and directing. I was very involved in developing the script, too. But to me, that is very liberating. To me, the lower the budget, the more I want to be involved. I want to be more in control of my own destiny when there isn't much money involved, because you don't have the experts who can control your destiny.” WantThreeMy OwnActingDestinyInvolvedScriptsDevelopingBudgetsExpertsHatsOur DestinyLiberatingYour DestinyControl Your Destiny Author:Bruce Campbell
“You really want to have a back-up plan, so when you don't feel like acting, or you're getting older and settling down, you can produce your own stuff. So that's when I set about forming my own company and getting creative control.” WantFeelsStuffMy OwnActingCompanyCreativePlansProduceSettlingGetting OldGetting OlderSettling Down Author:Denis Leary
“I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try not to worry about my own personal hang-ups and just really concentrate on the work. Because I have such a respect for acting, which is something I feel like I'm constantly learning how to do, that all of my energy is always focused on the acting itself.” ThinkingFeelsTryingMightActorsEnergyMy OwnActingWorryFocusedGoing To WorkHang UpsConstantly Learning Author:Peter Sarsgaard