Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.
Bela Lugosi

In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.
Bela Lugosi

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that.
Jared Diamond

All companies of any size have to continue to push to make sure you get the right leaders, the right team, the right people to be fast acting, and fast moving in the marketplace. We've got great leaders, and we continue to attract and promote great new leaders.
Steve Ballmer

My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a movie where someone gets kissed under a tree, and I did not want to do it! But my acting partner wanted me to feel comfortable, so he bought a picnic basket with all these snacks. He made such an effort - and it was cute.
Vanessa Hudgens

One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.
David Duchovny

I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.
Catherine Deneuve

You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional parents but also great friends. My father was able to take his hobby, photography, and turn it into a beautiful career. So when they saw how much I loved acting, they were 100 percent behind me.
Sophia Bush

Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.
Catherine Deneuve

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.
Ferdinand Marcos

I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside of a prison in a way.
Juliette Binoche

I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower.
Juliette Binoche

Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically.
Juliette Binoche

You see, I've never really studied acting.
Diana Ross

Acting is something I love.
Rod Taylor

I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.
Susan Sarandon

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
Robert Half

I've done a lot of acting. I'm not saying I'm the greatest, but I'd love to act, I'd love to sing.
Jessica Hahn

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
Oliver Goldsmith

Acting is way of making yourself exist.
Stephen Rea