"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

"The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves."

-Carl Jung

"What drove me to give voice to this dream, to step in front of the camera again not knowing what the outcome was going to be, was…fear of regret. I don’t want to live my life with regrets."

—Ke Huy Quan

"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."

-Stella Adler

"Comedy is acting out optimism."

-Robin Williams

"It’s tough, acting. you have to walk two lines of a tightrope. there’s the all consuming fear of failure… and there’s also confidence – you have to be confident to try new things – And they fight each other all the time."

-Jessica Chastain

"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."

-Jake Gyllenhaal

"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."

-Judi Dench

"If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose."

-Anthony Hopkins

Working with an #acting #coaching client on a great speech, and the tremor that came into and under their voice as they delivered was really a thing of beauty just now. So glad to see them finding that.

Working with an #acting #coaching client on a great speech, and the tremor that came into and under their voice as they delivered was really a thing of beauty just now. So glad to see them finding that. #ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #speech #voice #actors #actorslife

"I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."

-Michael Caine

"When I ask if you’re talented, you’d better say yes. Not in a boasting sort of way, just a quiet confidence: ‘Yes, I’m talented. I know I am.’ You need that. And you need persistence and you need patience, and that’s not contradictory."

—Bryan Cranston

"Come to work on time, know your lines and don't bump into the other actors."

-Spencer Tracy

"Ideally, that's what you've got in an acting career is an equal number of dramas and comedies and an equal number of small films and big films."

-Jason Bateman

"When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap."

-Cynthia Heimel

"I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."

-Michael Caine

"Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before."

-Michael Shurtleff

"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way."

-Aristotle

"Without wonder and insight, acting is just a business. With it, it becomes creation."

-Bette Davis