#acting

I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces. ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#any #black #box #brown #career

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

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

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

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#acting #care #i #i care #i love

For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#buildings #equivalent #guess #i #jumps

There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#bike #eight #extreme #extreme sports #get

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on. ↗

— River Phoenix

#halloween #like #mask #put #you

Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting. ↗

— River Phoenix

#any #because #conviction #hobby #i

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted. ↗

— Michael Pitt

#actor #also #always #challenging #element