Some Thoughts on Acting by Actors
Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different – Meryl Streep
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made – George Burns
We must overcome the notion that we must be regular…it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre – Uta Hagan
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult – Lord Laurence Olivier
Acting isn’t really a creative profession. It’s an interpretative one – Paul Newman
Acting is an expression of a neurotic impulse – Marlon Brando
The better the actor the more stupid he is – Truman Capote
The talent is in the choices – Robert De Niro
Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you’re playing through your own experience – so we’re all different – Sir Ian McKellen
Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation – Bette Davis
I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time – Orson Welles
Look, I’m not odd. I’m just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor – Montgomery Clift
I only do this because I’m having fun. The day I stop having fun, I’ll just walk away – Heath Ledger
I won’t quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic – Jack Lemmon
For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it – William Holden
Acting – what an ugly word! If it were merely a question of acting, I feel that I could never have done it, and could never do it again – Elenora Duse
The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find his acting choices and feelings – Stella Adler
If you want to work on your acting, work on yourself – Anton Chekhov
