Acting quotes
610 acting quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines“Acting is a job of permission. Someone has to give you permission to do it.”
“I am sick and tired of acting. I want to make decisions at production level. I have tried to fight the system and do things my way, but I haven't been able to. Now I feel that whatever talent I may have had is gone. The time has come to move on.”
- La trovi in About Colleagues
“All I can say is that when I'm trying to play serious love scenes with her, she's positioning her bottom for the best angle shots.”
- La trovi in Acting Coaching
“You can't judge a character, and you're never going to always play characters that are morally sound or know right from wrong.”
“Theater is the most challenging thing to do. It's just you out there with no rope. You can't call time out; you're on a roller coaster.”
- From the movie: Hiroshima Mon Amour
“Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source.”
“I'm good at playing the emotionally strangled person. The woman who is in the worst place in her life. That's me!”
- La trovi in Body Obsession
“For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.”
“At the end of the day, what I try to bring to villainous characters is a sense of humanity.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“There are a lot of things I would have done differently, but Scully wouldn't have been one of them.”
“The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.”
“People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.”
“I'm acting when I serve as a hostess, when I run my wig business. I was born to act, and life itself is the greatest part.”
“The only thing you have to know are your words.”
“I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!”
“My favorite way of learning for acting has been doing it, not talking about it.”
“Everything starts with what's on the page, what a writer has come up with. And whether it is a big studio film or independent film, is the story being well told? Is it interesting? Is the character interesting? And is there something about the character that may stretch me?”
“I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I was once supposed to play the wind in a commercial - yes, the wind. I didn't get it.”
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