The most difficult character in comedy is that of a fool, and he must be no simpleton who plays the part. —Miguel de Cervantes More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There's a rule in acting called, "Don't play the result." If you have a character who's going to end up in a certain place, don't play that until you get there. Play each scene and each beat as it comes. And that's what you do in life: You don't play the result. —Michael J. Fox More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Women are better at acting then men. Why? Because we have to be. If successfully convincing someone bigger than you are of something he doesn't want to know is a survival skill, this is how women have survived through the millennia. —Meryl Streep More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness, my own sense of well-being and purpose in the world. —Meryl Streep More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time. —Meryl Streep More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One is obliged to do a great deal of kissing in my line of work: air kissing, [butt] kissing, kissing up, and of course actual kissing. Much like hookers, actors have to do it with people we may not like or even know. —Meryl Streep More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art. —Meryl Streep More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Being a celebrity has taught me to hide, but being an actor has opened my soul. —Meryl Streep More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made. —George Burns More about this quote Tags: honesty acting faking it Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: acting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. —Tom Lehrer More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nerds don't just happen to dress informally. They do it too consistently. Consciously or not, they dress informally as a prophylactic measure against stupidity. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits. —Robert Half More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. —Paul Graham More about this quote Tags: ability Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email