#acting

It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#being #consciousness #enter #greater #i

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

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet! ↗

— Robert Duvall

#business #characters #different #different parts #diverse

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#actor #always #chair #character #craft

Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#changed #exactly #feel #films #hasn

I like to use all of myself, and acting wasn't doing that. ↗

— Stanley Tucci

#doing #i #like #myself #use

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A. ↗

— Nia Vardalos

#get #i #job #life #moved

Art can help a town by attracting a certain Bohemian population that adds life to the bars, character to the streets and a buzz to the name. Employers may then follow. But art can't do much if every town does it. There aren't enough Bohemians. ↗

— Evan Davis

#art #attracting #bars #bohemian #buzz