When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

When I left for college, I told myself that this was a chance for reinvention. No one on the other side of the country knew that I was an introvert, so maybe if I tried not acting like an introvert, I wouldn't be one.

— Andrea Seigel

When I started acting, I thought if I got one or two jobs a year I'd be lucky. So yeah, my career has gone so much farther than I ever suspected it would, and as such I feel lucky for everything I get. I feel thankful and grateful.

— James McAvoy

When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task.

— George Soros

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?

— Anna Freud

With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years.

— Thayer David

With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.

— Diane Kruger

With the selection of Acting Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy as the director, President Obama has guaranteed that the agency will continue to lurch from one shocking security failure to another.

— Ronald Kessler

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

— Diane Kruger

Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while.

— Alanna Ubach