Acting quotes

“I rather go to see a good play than be in one.”
Alfre Woodard

“I don't want to play fat cops for the rest of my life.”
Will Patton

“Since I was young I was playing old. ”
James Tolkan

“I am a performer; that's what I like to do.”
Seymour Cassel

“It doesn't matter how beautifully a film is photographed. The acting tells your story.”
Seymour Cassel

“I've played all kinds of historical characters.”
Colm Feore

“I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny.”
Peter Gallagher

“I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice.”
Brion James

“I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.”
Dennis Farina

“I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part.”
Jeremy Northam

“Acting is all about truth and honesty.”
Thomas Kretschmann

“I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life.”
John Corbett

“Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.”
John Corbett

“I generally play villains once every three or four years by choice.”
Kevin McKidd

“It's a part of most actors to want to be in an animated feature; to extend the legacy of your career.”
Djimon Hounsou

“It's not like I don't want to play the guy next door. But sometimes they're not the best written or the most complicated.”
Kim Coates

“[on L'assoluto naturale (1969)] t was definitely the strangest and most sexy picture I've done up to now.”

Sylva Koscina

“I'm very proud of my roles. I enjoy the ability to touch millions of people and, in some way, connect with them in ways that I cannot connect with them in my normal, everyday life.”
Delroy Lindo

“Can I, just one time, play the good guy?”
Clancy Brown

“Latino's can play different parts.”
Noel Gugliemi

“Acting in a sense saved my life financially, not emotionally.”
Noel Gugliemi

“Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself.”
Sir John Gielgud

“When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.”
Faye Dunaway

“I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.”
Aaron Douglas Trimble

“My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it.”
Eddie Marsan