#acting

I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#acting #awards #better #came #doing

Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward. ↗

— Andrea Thompson

#ballet #face #first #forward #i

A lot of people in my world - in the acting world - have either lost friends to Aids or live with HIV because its origin in our culture, in New York for instance, was in the gay community. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#aids #because #community #culture #either

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors. ↗

— Estelle Parsons

#acting #because #me #now #reverence

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this. ↗

— Scott Patterson

#because #bother #doing #even #ever

I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus. ↗

— Aaron Yoo

#after #bonus #business #feel #good

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful time. The nightmare is just getting the work to happen. ↗

— Elizabeth Pena

#feel #getting #happen #having #i

I used to ask Sean questions about acting. He's a brilliant actor, but I could never digest his information. I work primarily on an intuitive level. ↗

— Robin Wright Penn

#acting #actor #ask #brilliant #could

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that. ↗

— Robin Wright Penn

#acting #been #before #better #excites

Sean's a better person when he's directing. He becomes a queen when he's an actor. And he's so unhappy when he's acting. ↗

— Robin Wright Penn

#actor #becomes #better #better person #directing