Quotes about acting
55 quotes from 35 people
When an actor has money, he doesn’t send letters but telegrams.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)Man is a make-believe animal — he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
William Hazlitt1778–1830Notes of a Journey through France and Italy (1824), ch. XVI
Marlon Brando1924–2004New York Times (July 2, 2004)
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Lives of the English Poets (1779–81)Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
Ralph Richardson1902–1983As quoted in the New York Herald Tribune (19 May 1946)Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.
Rod Serling1924–1975Rod Serling Vogue, (1 April, 1957).As an actor, I’m thankful I have lived not one life, but many.
Charlton Heston1923–2008Video farewell (2002)The fame of an actor is won in minutes and seconds, not in years.
Bram Stoker1847–1912Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1907), PrefaceApplause we crave, from scorn we take defence
But have no armour ‘gainst indifference.
Robertson Davies1913–1995A Prologue (1939) to Oliver Goldsmith’s The Good Natur’d Man (1768).The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it’s so accidental. It’s so much like life.
Arthur Miller1915–2005The New York Times (May 9, 1984)
John Cleeseborn 1939On Fresh Air with Terry Gross (1997)- Marlon Brando1924–2004Songs My Mother Taught Me (1994) p. 143
