#acting

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#adult #exhibitionism #form #masochistic #occupation

Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character. ↗

— Haley Joel Osment

#around #believing #character #dancing #day

I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives. ↗

— Haley Joel Osment

#away #being #causes #commercial #i

It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through. ↗

— Miranda Otto

#affirmation #because #career #clap #enticing

I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head. ↗

— Clive Owen

#both #head #hit #i #i think

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting. ↗

— Brian De Palma

#actually #bad #badly #biggest #biggest mistake

I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do. ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#acting #actor #age #careers #certainly

I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous. ↗

— Christopher Parker

#craving #emotions #famous #fantastic #feel

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. ↗

— Corliss Lamont

#acting #altogether #capacity #character #coercion

I've never been pigeonholed and I've experienced so many different kinds of skin - what man will do and won't do, what you should do and shouldn't do. This is what's exciting about being an actor; where philosophy majors sit in classrooms or write books about human behavior, we're actually acting them out in front of cameras. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#acting #actor #actually #been #behavior