#acting

Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

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My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household. ↗

— Paul Walker

#career #help #household #looked #never

Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#easy #everyone #far #gratifying #i

My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#again #because #being #go #like

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#activity #due #injustice #itself #justice

That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. ↗

— Kerry Washington

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More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic. ↗

— Simone Weil

#any #arts #considers #critic #every

I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart. ↗

— Max Weinberg

#acting #bits #casual #comedy #deeply

I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now. ↗

— Forest Whitaker

#before #career #continue #could #different

I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn't going well, you can't say - well, you could say - let's stop. Let's start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous. ↗

— Gene Wilder

#again #always #art #because #chance