#acting

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons. ↗

— Anna Chlumsky

#adolescent #because #easy #fulfilling #i

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

When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly difficult and confusing and kind of messes with your values a bit. ↗

— Ed Helms

#character #confusing #difficult #fictional #incredibly

I'm too busy acting like I'm not Naive. I've seen it all, I was here first. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#busy #first #here #i #like

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#avoid #each #formulae #letting #make

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