#acting

To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

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We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#acting #goal #inspire #must

If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people. ↗

— William Petersen

#ago #ball player #been #career #could

A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I'll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#after #another #because #career #careful

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

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For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

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There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#bike #eight #extreme #extreme sports #get

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on. ↗

— River Phoenix

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Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting. ↗

— River Phoenix

#any #because #conviction #hobby #i

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#also #because #find #funny #level