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Acting
Life's like a play; it's not the
length but the excellence
of the acting that matters
Seneca
The better the actor
the more stupid he is.
Truman Capote
Acting is not being
emotional, but being able
to express emotion.
Kate Reid
Some of my best leading men
have been dogs and horses.
Elizabeth Taylor
People often become actresses because
of something they dislike about themselves
They pretend they are someone else.
Bette Davis
I do not regret one professional
enemy I have made. Any actor who
doesn't dare to make an enemy
should get out of the business.
Bette Davis
I love acting. It is so much
more real than life.
Oscar Wilde
Talk low, talk slow, and
don't talk too much.
John Wayne
Actors should be overheard, not
listened to, and the audience is 50
percent of the performance.
Shirley Booth
The secret of acting is sincerity. If
you can fake that, you've got it made.
George Burns
Acting deals with very delicate emotions.
It is not putting up a mask. Each
time an actor acts he does not hide;
he exposes himself.
Rodney Dangerfield
Actors are cattle.
Alfred Hitchcock
I never said all actors are cattle;
what I said was all actors should
be treated like cattle.
Alfred Hitchcock
Lots of people act well, but few
people talk well. This shows that
talking is the more difficult of the two.
Oscar Wilde
I am acquainted with no
immaterial sensuality so
delightful as good acting.
Lord Byron
Acting is a question of absorbing
other people's personalities and adding
some of your own experience.
Jean-Paul Sartre
The most difficult character in comedy
is that of the fool, and he must be
no simpleton that plays that part.
Miguel de Cervantes
