#acting

I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#everybody #getting #glamour #i #i think

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#actor #believe #believes #biggest #make

Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#already #become #blows #business #fine

Acting must be scaled down for the screen. A drawing room is a lot smaller than a theatre auditorium. ↗

— Arthur Lowe

#auditorium #down #drawing #lot #must

Acting kind of chose me. ↗

— Isabel Lucas

#chose #kind #me

I don't really get nervous for auditions, because I just see them as mini acting classes. There's no need to have an attachment to the outcome because it's out of your hands after that. ↗

— Isabel Lucas

#after #attachment #auditions #because #classes

Acting scares me. ↗

— John Lurie

#me #scares

Acting is about covering up traces of who you are and just being the character. I think it's easier to accept people in roles if you don't know a lot about them. ↗

— Peter MacNicol

#accept #acting #being #character #covering

Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one. ↗

— Michael Madsen

#excuse #great #kids #like #stop

The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character. ↗

— Eddie Marsan

#character #off #show #show off #think