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Acting Quotes

If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has Picture Quote #1

The more he identifies with the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own life and his own desires. The spectacle’s estrangement from the acting subject is expressed by the fact that the individual’s gestures are no longer his own; they are the gestures of someone else who represents them to him Picture Quote #1

He knows, as all the cleverest ones do, that no human being is so interesting that he can’t make himself more interesting still by acting retarded at random intervals Picture Quote #1

The mission of law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even thought the law may be acting in a philanthropic spirit. Its mission is to protect property Picture Quote #1

We have fun acting like this, acting like we are incredibly offended. Really, we are just bored to tears with everything Picture Quote #1

In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial and often false manner. So rather than let them make me feel bad, I express my annoyance. It’s my way of trying to strike a blow for logic and rationality Picture Quote #1

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Ah, but being in love made you mean and crazy. Love made you act like a fool even when you knew you were acting like a fool and couldn’t help yourself from acting like a fool Picture Quote #1

I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though I have something to hide Picture Quote #1

Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren’t? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act? Picture Quote #1

And in that moment, everything I knew to be true about myself up until then was gone. I was acting like another woman, yet I was more myself than ever before Picture Quote #1

One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself Picture Quote #1

Haruhi: This is a sibling squabble, not a fight to the death! You’re both wrong, and acting like idiots only proves it! Picture Quote #1

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The mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with similar energy. It would not perhaps be too fanciful to say that a new idea is the most quickly acting antigen known to science Picture Quote #1

Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice Picture Quote #1

Actor training should be broadly humanistic, involving the study not just of dramatic literature and theatre history, but of languages, literature, and history generally, and should be centered on acting in plays rather than just exercises, improvisations, monologues, or even scenes Picture Quote #1

We don’t live for realities, but for the fantasies, the dreams of what might be. If we lived for reality, we’d be dead, every last one of us. Only dreams keep us going... When you are acting, don’t settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your character’s future Picture Quote #1

Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes. Your concentration must be keen, your reflexes sharp; your body and mind are in top gear, the chase is on. Acting is energy. In the theatre people pay to see energy Picture Quote #1

Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That’s true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is acting like you Picture Quote #1

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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do Picture Quote #1

None of the characters I’ve played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn’t be acting Picture Quote #1

I was always acting primarily with shareholder interests in mind.It’s also true I’ve always had a fairly moralistic attitude to business, and would not do anything that I considered improper.As a consequence, I have occasionally pursued issues during my career that other people might have avoided Picture Quote #1

If you’ve ever been around a group of actors, you’ve noticed, no doubt, that the can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting... It’s exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work Picture Quote #1

The prodigious waste of human life occasioned by this perpetual struggle for room and food, was more than supplied by the mighty power of population, acting, in some degree, unshackled, from the constant habit of emigration Picture Quote #1

There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth Picture Quote #1

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A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again, every way of acting which is general throughout a given society, while at the same time existing in its own right independent of its individual manifestations Picture Quote #1

Message to all rioters: put down your brick, put away the spray paint, and leave the cop cars alone; you’re acting like soccer fans! It’s embarrassing Picture Quote #1

Acting is a strange business; one day it’s there, and the next day nowhere to be seen Picture Quote #1

You put on a face for the public. The face isn’t false; it’s just another side of you. If it were false, you couldn’t last. People want something real and natural, and if they catch you acting, you’re dead. It has to look real. In order to look real, it has to be real, and I’ve always thought of the characters I’ve played as real people Picture Quote #1

Saying yes means getting up and acting on your belief that you can create meaning and purpose in whatever life hands you Picture Quote #1

Love is an element which though physically unseen is as real as air or water. It is an acting, living, moving force... it moves in waves and currents like those of the ocean Picture Quote #1

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If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has (Acting Quotes) The more he identifies with the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own life and his own desires. The spectacle’s estrangement from the acting subject is expressed by the fact that the individual’s gestures are no longer his own; they are the gestures of someone else who represents them to him (Acting Quotes) He knows, as all the cleverest ones do, that no human being is so interesting that he can’t make himself more interesting still by acting retarded at random intervals (Acting Quotes) The mission of law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even thought the law may be acting in a philanthropic spirit. Its mission is to protect property (Acting Quotes) We have fun acting like this, acting like we are incredibly offended. Really, we are just bored to tears with everything (Acting Quotes) In the past, when people criticized me for asking unexpected questions, I felt ashamed. Now I realize that normal people are acting in a superficial and often false manner. So rather than let them make me feel bad, I express my annoyance. It’s my way of trying to strike a blow for logic and rationality (Acting Quotes) Ah, but being in love made you mean and crazy. Love made you act like a fool even when you knew you were acting like a fool and couldn’t help yourself from acting like a fool (Acting Quotes) I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though I have something to hide (Acting Quotes) Was everybody seeing this stuff and acting as though they weren’t? Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act? (Acting Quotes) And in that moment, everything I knew to be true about myself up until then was gone. I was acting like another woman, yet I was more myself than ever before (Acting Quotes) One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself (Acting Quotes) Haruhi: This is a sibling squabble, not a fight to the death! You’re both wrong, and acting like idiots only proves it! (Acting Quotes) The mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with similar energy. It would not perhaps be too fanciful to say that a new idea is the most quickly acting antigen known to science (Acting Quotes) Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice (Acting Quotes) Actor training should be broadly humanistic, involving the study not just of dramatic literature and theatre history, but of languages, literature, and history generally, and should be centered on acting in plays rather than just exercises, improvisations, monologues, or even scenes (Acting Quotes) We don’t live for realities, but for the fantasies, the dreams of what might be. If we lived for reality, we’d be dead, every last one of us. Only dreams keep us going... When you are acting, don’t settle for anything less than the biggest dream for your character’s future (Acting Quotes) Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes. Your concentration must be keen, your reflexes sharp; your body and mind are in top gear, the chase is on. Acting is energy. In the theatre people pay to see energy (Acting Quotes) Your acting will not be good until it is only yours. That’s true of music, acting, anything creative. You work until finally nobody is acting like you (Acting Quotes) It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do (Acting Quotes) None of the characters I’ve played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn’t be acting (Acting Quotes) I was always acting primarily with shareholder interests in mind.It’s also true I’ve always had a fairly moralistic attitude to business, and would not do anything that I considered improper.As a consequence, I have occasionally pursued issues during my career that other people might have avoided (Acting Quotes) If you’ve ever been around a group of actors, you’ve noticed, no doubt, that the can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting... It’s exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work (Acting Quotes) The prodigious waste of human life occasioned by this perpetual struggle for room and food, was more than supplied by the mighty power of population, acting, in some degree, unshackled, from the constant habit of emigration (Acting Quotes) There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth (Acting Quotes) A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again, every way of acting which is general throughout a given society, while at the same time existing in its own right independent of its individual manifestations (Acting Quotes) Message to all rioters: put down your brick, put away the spray paint, and leave the cop cars alone; you’re acting like soccer fans! It’s embarrassing (Acting Quotes) Acting is a strange business; one day it’s there, and the next day nowhere to be seen (Acting Quotes) You put on a face for the public. The face isn’t false; it’s just another side of you. If it were false, you couldn’t last. People want something real and natural, and if they catch you acting, you’re dead. It has to look real. In order to look real, it has to be real, and I’ve always thought of the characters I’ve played as real people (Acting Quotes) Saying yes means getting up and acting on your belief that you can create meaning and purpose in whatever life hands you (Acting Quotes) Love is an element which though physically unseen is as real as air or water. It is an acting, living, moving force... it moves in waves and currents like those of the ocean (Acting Quotes)

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