Quotes about Acting
Sin will not only be striving, acting, rebelling, troubling, disquieting, but if let alone, if not continually mortified, it will bring forth great, cursed, scandalous, soul-destroying sins.
— John Owen
If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I've got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?
— Marilyn Monroe
This is a book about worshiping the true God and letting the true God act in us. It tells us as plainly as possible that the true God is a God who cannot stop giving and forgiving, and that our knowledge of this true God is utterly bound up with our willingness to receive from the hand of God the liberty to give and forgive.
— Miroslav Volf
So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
— 1 Samuel 21:13
This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
— Isaiah 65:8
I have talent at playing myself. I don't have a very broad range, but at playing myself I am a wizard. It's more than fun; it's the best job on Earth.
— Ben Stein
I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardless of how complicated it's going to be.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.
— Jimmy Carter
I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act.
— Jennifer Aniston
That's what acting is - it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.
— Kerry Washington
Yes, I play dress up! I do it for a living, like a retard!
— Jennifer Aniston
You can't serve God by acting contrary to His nature
— Lynn Austin