On what acting is:

“Acting is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances.”

Sanford Meisn​er

Acting is all about: 1.) honesty

2.) listening

Acting is horrible, painful, and yet also intoxicating and

emotionally liberating.” Jodie Foster (why do I want to become an actor)

Acting is an intimate thing. You entrust your partner with

something very private, a tremendous bond develops and
that intimacy is like love. - Kevin Kline

“[Acting is] the ability to dream on cue.”

Sir Ralph Richardson

“ Acting is a childlike thing. To act well you have to be

childlike in order to free yourself. Because they’re still young
and being formed [children] don’t have judgments about
looking silly or feeling stupid.” Laurence Fishburne

On what actors are:

There are three kinds of actors. There’s the actor who acts for
himself, there’s the actor who acts for the audience, and the
actor who acts for the other actors. The actor who acts for
the other actors is the only one who’s an actor. . . . The one
who acts for the audience is at least doing it for someone,
and the one who’s doing it for himself is not an actor.”
attributed to Michael Chekhov

“ There’s one thing that exceeds all others: the eyes of the actor. If he sees, he sees
specifically. He doesn’t generalize.. . . He must learn to see the difference between different
reds—The reds of a racing car, the red of a hibiscus, and the red of blood. They’re three
different reds. They mean three different things.” - Stella Adler