#acting

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#ago #although #been #behind #biggest

I really enjoy singing, it's entirely different to acting because I'm just being myself. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#because #being #being myself #different #enjoy

I mean, there's chemistry in life and there's acting chemistry. I'm not saying they're the same thing, but they're as mysterious. ↗

— David Duchovny

#chemistry #i #life #mean #mysterious

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is. ↗

— David Duchovny

#always #i #i think #know #method

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard. ↗

— Charles Durning

#came #dancing #easy #hard #me

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening. ↗

— Charles Durning

#asked #because #go #happening #i

My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#career #choosing #day #deep #died

I think the motion picture industry is a stupid business and I despise acting the scenes in short snatches, one at a time. I hate this film work. I am disgusted with myself. On the stage I could never play a part unless I felt it with all my heart and soul. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#am #business #could #despise #disgusted

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. ↗

— George Eliot

#idea #less #life #more #more or less

Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#cocktail #easy #find #hour #i