I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are preceving you.
Nicole Kidman

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.
Tim Robbins

And my mother caught wind of this. She never had really tried to guide my career or really had any say in my life as an adult, but this was the one time she said she would never speak to me again if I quit acting.
Mark Ruffalo

I didn't want to start acting like a cartoon.
Rachael Leigh Cook

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.
Ice T

I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career.
Christina Milian

I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling.
Richard Gere

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.
Kevin Bacon

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.
Stanley Tucci

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.
Richard Gere

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
Salma Hayek

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
Tim Robbins

Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.
Kevin Bacon

I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
Patricia Velasquez

The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it.
Kiefer Sutherland

The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!
Ben Kingsley

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.
Tim Robbins

I love playing other people's work. I love acting.
Eric Bogosian

I love acting, but it's much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.
Nicole Kidman

Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.
Condoleezza Rice