Acting
See also: Actor
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing Ralph Richardson
I created the character and then let her play herself through me Shirley MacLaine
The most important thing in acting is honesty: if you can fake that, you've got it made George Burns
An actor's most notable effects depend on his skill in producing the appearance of emotion when he is keeping strong control of himself Charles de Gaulle
Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture Noel Coward
Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much John Wayne
The best actor sits inside his own performance as a cool spectator of the effects he is creating in an audience Diderot, as paraphrased by Garry Wills
The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant Glenda Jackson
I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until I finally became that person. Or he became me. Cary Grant
Acting is an empty and useless profession Marlon Brando
You're only as good as your last picture Marie Dressler