The Art of Acting and Filmmaking
Actors' quotes about acting and filmmaking
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This section focuses on the best acting quotes and filmmaking quotes. Each movie star has a different idea of acting and a unique method, just like every director has different ideas on how to make a great movie. Quotes about filmmaking and acting are the core of this section, in which celebrities will welcome you into their world.
“I conceive of a scene from the perspective of how things feel for the characters, and how are they seen/felt from the character's interior perspective.”
“I guess actors don't like to direct each other.”
“The beauty of stunt work is that it's supposed to look dangerous and not be dangerous.”
“You should try to show the most horrible characters as human as possible, to remind people that the true evil people in world history are not that far away that you can’t notice it.”
“Making movies is a form of narcissism.”
“Acting is a youthful profession. ”
“The fact is, as actors, everything we do, bad or good, is a contribution.”
“In acting, you are fulfilled if you give justice to your role.”
“I know that some actors take acting terribly seriously.”
“I don't think I could be happy as an actor if there was a tyrant on the set.”
“The stage is an actors' medium. ”
“You know, actors lie all the time.”
“Don't even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away.”
“When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.”
“The supporting role is always potentially the most interesting in a film.”
“I'm a little more confident when I have a script.”
“The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.”
“The less lines, the better.”
“Film is an image-based medium, so whatever you can say without the words is far more provocative and punctuating.”
“On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth.”
“A good comedy's very hard to make, so good comic writing I really enjoy.”
“It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story.”
“It's wonderful to provoke thought.”
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