#acting

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#any #called #characters #i #like

I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardless of how complicated it's going to be. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#any #been #complicated #going #here

The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#acting #always #any #go #good

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening. ↗

— Charles Durning

#asked #because #go #happening #i

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet! ↗

— Robert Duvall

#business #characters #different #different parts #diverse

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#actor #always #chair #character #craft

Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#changed #exactly #feel #films #hasn

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#acting #altman #i #in the past #learned

I think the motion picture industry is a stupid business and I despise acting the scenes in short snatches, one at a time. I hate this film work. I am disgusted with myself. On the stage I could never play a part unless I felt it with all my heart and soul. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#am #business #could #despise #disgusted

Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#cocktail #easy #find #hour #i