#acting

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them. ↗

— Christopher Walken

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For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer. ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#because #chose #decide #glad #good

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life. ↗

— Alexander Wang

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I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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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

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My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#career #choosing #day #deep #died

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