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.
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“That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden sides of yourself.”
“I'm much more interested in what's behind acting, which is the inquiry into the human condition.”
“I'm expressing myself by acting. I'm learning about myself and making a living.”
“Any good actor is a character actor.”
“I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.”
“It's nice to do rehearsals. But it's with an audience that you get to love it!”
“It's great extremes which leads to great drama and great comedy.”
“Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.”
“With a contained environment, there is the promise of friction. And that is where the drama comes from.”
“I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.”
“The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.”
“The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative.”
“The trouble with talking about acting is that it's like sex. It's enormously fun to do but just dreadfully embarrassing when you have to talk about it.”
“The camera looks into your soul.”
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“Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written.”
“Acting is like a sporting match.”
“I love improvisation. It's quite exciting.”
“In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters.”
“Actors who say they can dive inside a character are either schizophrenic or lying.”
“If I have anything to offer as an actor, it's only my ability to make the person real.”
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