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Sitcoms are usually given short shrift by the acting profession, but it's quite an amazing job. -- Lea Thompson
My sister started acting professionally when she was twelve, but I wanted to go to college first. -- Rooney Mara
When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "the courage to be hated." -- Frank Langella
I believe there can be dignity in the acting profession. And I think there ought to be more dignity in the publicity an actor gets. -- Paul Newman
I've been acting professionally since I was 15 years old, and after a while, you get really tired of people telling you one thing and then doing another. -- Liz Vassey
Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you have no control over your life, at all. -- Charlie Hunnam
When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people. -- Helen Mirren
When I was trying to get into acting, to have been a model was about as low as you could get in the acting profession. But that wasn't sexism, it was snobbery, which I knew and took very humbly. -- Joanna Lumley
I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times. -- Emma Watson
My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
I started writing when I started acting professionally because, with acting, there's so much time when you're not working, and there's so much rejection and so little you have control of. Writing is something that you can do, and no one can tell you not to. -- Finn Wittrock
Acting is a youthful profession. -- Kirk Douglas
Acting is the perfect idiot's profession. -- Katharine Hepburn
Acting isn't a singular profession, it is a collaborate profession. -- Edie McClurg
Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one. -- Paul Newman
But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting. -- Dabney Coleman
Acting is the most brotherly and sisterly profession in the world. -- Cyril Cusack
In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision. -- Bela Lugosi
In elementary and high school, I never considered acting as a profession. -- Rashida Jones
I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession. -- Malcolm McDowell
My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out. -- Gina Bellman
I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession. -- Parminder Nagra
It took me a few years to realize I might want to get into acting as a profession. -- Bill Fagerbakke
Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world. -- Keri Russell
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself. -- Katharine Hepburn
Don't even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away. -- William Lucking
Acting has a strong sensual quality that I get such a... you say 'kick' in America? It's a fantastic profession in that way. -- Erland Josephson
It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all. -- Armand Assante
I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it. -- Loni Anderson
Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent. -- Wolfgang Puck
Acting is the loneliest profession I know. -- Joyce Carol Oates
Acting is an empty and usless profession. -- Marlon Brando
Acting, is not a profession for adults. -- Laurence Olivier
Acting isn't a profession, it's a way of living ... -- Jeanne Moreau
I think that acting is a very humanizing profession. -- Kevin Spacey
In Hungary, acting is a profession. In America, it is a decision. -- Bela Lugosi
When pursued with a pure heart, acting is an entirely selfless profession. -- Masiela Lusha
Acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion. -- Marilyn Monroe
It can be a miserable profession, acting, because you always want what you can't have. -- Eddie Redmayne
Acting is not a profession of competing with other actors, but rather a vocation of sharing with fellow human beings. -- Marjo-Riikka Makela
I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing. -- Vivien Leigh
Acting is a marvelous profession ... If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much about your own character and motivations. -- Dean Koontz

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