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My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out. — Ian McKellen

I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity. — Jeffrey Combs

She knew she was being unfair ... ; she knew she was acting like the most vulgar of women, the kind that is out to cause pain and knows how. — Milan Kundera

But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain. — Jack Kornfield

I dropped out of the business for 8 years, and I taught English as a second language. Then I decided to go back to acting, and I got 'Mad Men'. — Randee Heller

We all are actors. The moment we step out of our comfort zones, the moment we are interacting with another, the actor in us comes alive. — Ama H. Vanniarachchy

If some of us can get an Oscar for extolling that it's hard out there for a pimp, why can't others of us admonish: 'Then quit acting like a pimp'? — John Ridley

It feels like as you get a bit older, you've worked out the things that are good for your life apart from with acting. — Dolly Wells

Taking decision and acting out our decisions leads to increase — Sunday Adelaja

To make money in New York, you have to add gigs when starting out, so while I was acting quite a bit, I would do modeling. — June Squibb

I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough. — David Alan Grier

If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show. — Rachael Leigh

I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it. — Penelope Wilton

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. — Jennifer Jason Leigh

My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out. — Gina Bellman

I can face things out of my control without acting out of control. — Lysa TerKeurst

Maybe if I completely shaved my head and get the frost out of my moustache, maybe I could get one of those serious acting jobs. — Laila Ali

I think that story wins out over acting and that the thing as a whole is more important than the performances therein. — Ben Mendelsohn

Anytime someone can beat the acting out of someone else, I think it's a wonderful thing. — Kevin Spacey

I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it. — Natasha Lyonne

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen. — Denis Leary

I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque. — Minka Kelly

If the acting don't work out, I'll have a future in construction. — Anthony Mackie

Fifteen years old, out in the world, acting was all I had. — Ben Mendelsohn

What you learn in any acting class is how to make a fool of yourself and enjoy things and get out of your head. — Aya Cash

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas. — Gary Kemp

If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into something soothing. Take up botany or something. — Mara Wilson

If there is a streak of ham anywhere in an actor, Shakespeare will bring it out. — Robert Benchley

I've been acting for 25 years, living out of suitcases on theater tours or film locations. — Alfred Molina

It's not acting like an ass that bothers me, it's that I act like an ass while being completely convinced that I'm suave and sexy that freaks me out. — Tim Hall

I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: "If I'm not a star by the time I'm 18, I'll get out of the business." — Vin Diesel

I started out fighting before I was acting, actually, then got hurt and got into the acting. — Mickey Rourke

And to Shakespeare I owe my vision of the world as a theater, wherein all humans are acting out their parts. — James Broughton

I'm from Miami, I love it when we're out in the heat. When it's cold, I'm like, 'I'm never acting again,' because it's too freezing. — Majandra Delfino

I've never had an acting lesson. I've never been given techniques. Everything I've done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it]. — Elizabeth Taylor

I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me. So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far. — Laura San Giacomo

I don't know whether there is a God but there sure is someone acting out of spite — Abraham Sutzkever

In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting out our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake. — Henry David Thoreau

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting. — Tom Ellis

Acting is my first focus, but at the core, I'm a storyteller, and however that comes out is fine with me. — Santino Fontana

The first time my parents found out I was acting was when a friend told them they had just come back from a play I was in. — Poorna Jagannathan

There was something strangely naked about it, like we were on a stage set, playing our parts to an audience of eyes out there in the wood. — Ruth Ware

When instead of acting against a situation, you merge with it, the solution arises out of the situation itself. — Eckhart Tolle

I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious. — Joan Cusack

Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be okay. — Vanessa Marcil

I say I'm not shy, but ... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged. — Shemar Moore

If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing. — Sylvester Stallone

Everybody should wish they had home movies of themselves, acting out their lunacy on LSD. — John Waters

The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you and use it for what you need. — Stella Adler

I never rule anything out. I'm an entertainer. Be it presenting, singing, acting, I just do things I love. — Martine McCutcheon

Invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school. — David Mamet

In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now I get scripts, and I act them out. — Eli Wallach

She would've been torn between acting cool and nonchalant and wanting to geek out over the experience. — Hugh Howey

My grief lies all within; and these external manner of laments are merely shadows of the unseen grief that swells with silence in the tortur'd soul. — William Shakespeare

I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is. — Irene Dunne

I dropped out of school and I never took acting classes. — Alice Englert

I found acting tough; it takes a lot out of you if you have no technique. — Kiki Dee

I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school. — Paul Dano

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people. — James Gandolfini

In college, I would just drop out of all my classes, and I would just be left with my acting classes. — Jeremy Luke

I get very competitive, mostly in acting though. When I'm going out for a role or something, that's when I really get very territorial about things. — Molly Quinn

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback. — Merritt Wever

A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next. — Amber Tamblyn

I thought that if acting didn't work out, I'd have done law school or medical school: probably law to be honest. — Jesse Williams

With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you. — Tom Hiddleston

My favorite way of getting out of doing chores is by acting like I'm asleep. But it never works. — Devon Werkheiser

Sometimes when you're starting out with acting, you have to take what you can get to get experience and meet people. — Emily Kinney

Our motives are useless if we don't start acting it out — Sunday Adelaja

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

I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which is sad, really. — Amy Adams

All that day she felt as if she were acting in a theatre with better actors than herself, and that her bad performance was spoiling the whole affair. — Leo Tolstoy

I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct. — Lake Bell

If acting doesn't work out I'd love to produce, direct, or write. — Chloe Grace Moretz

I love acting, but I have two little kids, and it's 14 hours a day out of the house. You don't get that time back. — Gwyneth Paltrow

Comedy is acting out optimism — Robin Williams

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown? — Rachel Weisz

Most young actors, that's all they're trying to do: Get better at acting and be able to keep doing it. And that doesn't work out for most people. — Ben Mendelsohn

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting. — Rachel Ward

I just love acting. Being in theater or being in television or film, I'm really living out my destiny. — Sufe Bradshaw

I never consciously set out to be an actor. I just kind of did whatever acting I could do. — Adelaide Clemens

When I'm not acting, I like to go home and be really normal. So I usually grow out my hair until I get the next part. — Paul Dano

What was the good of acting out fake stories? Why not go live a few stories of your own? — Robert Jordan

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration. — Diane Kruger

Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting. — Emilia Clarke

Acting's all about stepping out of the box, so I don't want to go to work every day and play Cassie Scerbo at all. — Cassie Scerbo

Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled. — Pierce Brosnan

A lot of human behavior was really acting out our responses to dangers long past. — Orson Scott Card

When I came out to L. A., I got a part in an episode of 'Star Trek: Voyager,' and I hired an acting coach. — Sarah Silverman

I get some acting jobs. I like it other than the constant slipping in and out of character. — Andy Kindler

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing. — Tim Robbins

Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts. — William Shakespeare

I try to go out for everything. I go out for any acting stuff that comes up, and voice-over stuff. — Andy Kindler

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting. — Sam Neill

Ego is something that you come to know - something that you befriend by not acting out or by repressing all the feelings that you feel. — Pema Chodron

in time-out. That's how you're acting - like five-year-olds. It's time you realized that you are sixteen and way too old for this nonsense. And you — Holly Jacobs

Acting is a sort of pressure cooker that allows the fizz to come out the top. God knows what I'd be like if I didn't have that. — Andy Serkis

There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority. — Joel Edgerton

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity. — Isabelle Huppert

I just love the history of acting. It's such a beautiful craft and you absolutely get out of it what you put into it. — Miles Teller

I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time in my life. I seek them out; acting is my therapy. — Victoria Clark