#acting

I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting. ↗

— Julie Christie

#attention #born #center #course #i

But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with. ↗

— John Cleese

#acting #competence #faking #good #then

So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love. And now, I love Voldemort. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#characters #comes #i #i love #intimacy

When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy. ↗

— John Cleese

#american #audience #back #basic #basic principles

It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs. ↗

— James Coburn

#because #complete #desire #direct #first

I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#allowed #beat #brick #desire #head

America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars helps to keep our economy competitive. ↗

— Norm Coleman

#attracting #colleges #competitive #continuing #economy

Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes it doesn't look as if I'm doing that. ↗

— Perry Como

#always #body #breathe #coaches #doing

Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me. I can't remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#boy #challenge #doing #good #i

They see us interacting with people, they see us doing serious interviews, they see us having fun, and when you're conversing with someone, you get a much clearer impression of who that person is than if they are just reading into a news piece. ↗

— Katie Couric

#conversing #doing #fun #get #having