Quotes by Acting If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you. Alan Arkin community acting stars For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn't achieve the "zone," if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from. Alan Arkin acting judging years Improvisation sometimes seemed more like jazz than acting, like verbal jazz, with the actors playing a theme back and forth, and then introducing another theme, incorporating it, somehow trying to work their way all together to a meaning of some kind, or at least a conclusion. Alan Arkin acting together trying I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them. Alan Ball careers acting thinking I see myself as a comic but the acting helps sell tickets for gigs. Alan Davies gigs tickets acting Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you're moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting morally. Alan Dershowitz moral-high-ground acting hypocrisy A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting Alan Ladd costumes building acting I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then Alan Ladd acting months Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me. Alan Ladd gimmicks acting knows Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility. Alan Rickman talent acting responsibility Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent. Alan Rickman focus acting listening What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing. Alan Rickman acting process interesting Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over. Alan Rickman nerves theatre acting I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time. Alan Rickman acting kind animal The reason I got into acting was the audience is right there and if you did something great they were right there and you knew it. Alan Tudyk audience acting reason It's closer to just acting in a film because it was a six-month commitment. We got to fly all over the world. Alan Tudyk six acting commitment I'm a geeky actor, in the way that I like the craft of acting. I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with. I like the craft of acting. It sounds geeky when I say it, but it's true. Alan Tudyk acting sound play Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while. Alanna Ubach acting-teachers acting teacher I was so naive when I began acting, professionally. Alanna Ubach naive acting Social cognitive theory rejects the dichotomous conception of self as agent and self as object. Acting on the environment and acting on oneself entail shifting the perspective of the same agent rather than reifying different selves regulating each other or transforming the self from agent to object Albert Bandura perspective acting self «1234567891011»