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He was an extraordinary actor. The neat part was acting with him. He said, I don't know why you give yourself that kind of trouble, son. But for me, there was no trouble.

Quote by Peter Fonda about problems, actors, contentment

Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about good, good luck

The art of acting is to be other than what you are.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about art, magic, contentment

I want to die in the saddle. I love writing, producing, acting, directing.

Quote by Peter Fonda about writing, death, love

Write things for yourself. Come on, it's a great way to spend time. It's a great way to learn history. It's a great way to learn all kinds of things. But only come if you're coming to play. If you're not coming to play, you should get another gig...

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about things, history, contentment, time

Nobody's that cool. It was just a character I made up. I was more along the lines of, Acting must be in the genes, and Who the hell is Henry Fonda?

Quote by Peter Fonda about hell, character

Right now I feel I can carry on acting until I die.

Quote by Peter Fonda about rightness, death

People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice.

Quote by Melanie Griffith about voice, bad, nothing, work, people, contentment

People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me.

Quote by Adam Garcia about modesty, reason, people, film, money, contentment

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.

Quote by Ava Gardner about film, rules, soul, heart

Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.

Quote by Salma Hayek about hell, writing

Ever since I was a very little girl, I've dreamed of acting.

Quote by Eva Herzigova

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about army, parents

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about irony, time

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about film

You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult.

Quote by Don Johnson about state, things, contentment, time

But acting in plays, I got to know Wilfred Leach very well, and he helped me get this fellowship to Sarah Lawrence. I had a graduate fellowship in the theatre department from 1962 to 1964.

Quote by Brian De Palma about opinion, theatre

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.

Quote by Brian De Palma about time, comedy, character, good, good luck

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting.

Quote by Brian De Palma about human imperfections, students, mistake, bad luck, bad, good, good luck, people, contentment

Twelve to 15 years of acting school, and I am being a bird.

Quote by Joe Pantoliano about teaching, school, being