#acting

I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#aside #ballerina #being #build #craft

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#being #conductor #directing #just #orchestra

I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky. ↗

— Annette Bening

#always #beings #chaos #children #home

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul. ↗

— Annette Bening

#about #acting #being #being famous #exploring

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling. ↗

— Amber Benson

#always #call #chess #chess game #creative

I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating. ↗

— Julie Benz

#figure #figure skating #full #i #i think

I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture. ↗

— Danny Bonaduce

#am #bump #furniture #i #i am

I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. I've had the great privilege of working with Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Anthony Hopkins. These are people who inspire the work that I do. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#alec #anthony #anthony hopkins #being #derek

I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it's kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an acting class, which was very, very nerve-wracking... my stomach would just be in knots. ↗

— Nicholas Brendon

#acting class #actor #always #class #decided

Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting. ↗

— Ian Mckellen

#attracts #audiences #easy #exciting #great