(Acting) certainly comes—100 percent—from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn’t true is lying. ~ Leonardo DiCaprio, Parade, 12/12/04

I'm too passionate about my work…Acting takes not only concentration, it takes creativity; it takes… your soul. ~ Farrah Fawcett, Interview, 2/95

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on. ~ River Phoenix

Acting is just a way of making a living; the family is life. ~ Denzel Washington

Half of the acting I do is actually done by the hair. ~ Steven Van Zandt, Guardian, 12/4/05

General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself." ~ John Wayne

You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place. ~ Michael Caine

I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it. ~ Colin Farrell

Acting is a nice childish profession pretending you're someone else and at the same time selling yourself. ~ Katharine Hepburn

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