Quotes about acting
55 quotes from 35 people
The only reason I’m in Hollywood is that I don’t have the moral courage to refuse the money.
An actor’s a guy, who if you ain’t talking about him, ain’t listening.
Marlon Brando1924–2004The Observer (1956)- Marlon Brando1924–2004The Only Contender, Gary Carey (1985), Ch.13
- Marlon Brando1924–2004New York Times (July 2, 2004)
- Marlon Brando1924–2004Songs My Mother Taught Me (1994) p. 143
The secret of acting is sincerity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
When an actor has money, he doesn’t send letters but telegrams.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)You don’t have to be smart to act — look at the outgoing president of the United States.
Cherborn 1946Remark (December 1988), reported in Brewer’s Cinema (1995)
John Cleeseborn 1939On Fresh Air with Terry Gross (1997)Applause 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).
