#acting

In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real. ↗

— Paul Greengrass

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I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough. ↗

— David Alan Grier

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My acting ability would have sent me back to the post office. It was my singing that got me jobs. Ironically, now, people think of me as an actor and don't know me much as a singer. ↗

— Robert Guillaume

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It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting. ↗

— Margaret Hamilton

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In Hitchcock's eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a subtle human being, and he was also the best director I have ever worked with. ↗

— Bruce Dern

#also #audience #being #best #camera

I think acting is only one part of the piece of the movie. I'ts an important piece, but I'd like to be involved in all the other aspects of making movies. ↗

— Stephen Dorff

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Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

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When I get to my deathbed, I don't want to take my last breath and say, Well, how glorious. I've left the world my acting credits. I won't even think that. ↗

— Lesley-Anne Down

#breath #credits #deathbed #even #get

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy. ↗

— Leslie Easterbrook

#characters #comedy #desire #doing #ended

Eventually, I'll go back to acting, but for right now, my children are the most important thing in the world to me. ↗

— Soleil Moon Frye

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