Felicity Jones Quotes

I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that.

I love to act, I've always wanted to be an actor. I think that acting and fiction go nicely together - being able to visualize language as something you perform, not just something that's there on the page.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

People say, "Why is it that you love to act?" And you want to say, "Well, most of acting is sitting in your trailer, either bored or worried about the scene coming up." A lot of it is about things you don't really like, so it's a wonder why acting is such a huge draw, why everyone loves it so much.

For me, honestly, I'm an actor. There's one thing I know how to do - act. And that's all I know how to do. Through our work, [actors] can trigger awareness.

I love acting and I love it in all its different manifestations.

I just love to act. It's my favorite thing to do in the world, and what keeps it interesting, to me, is the creative challenge. So, different kinds of characters, that's what I just love to do.

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.

Acting is where my heart is. I love acting.

A ham is simply any actor who has not been successful in repressing his natural instincts.

I love acting. I love what I do. I am absolutely filled every day with gratitude that I get to do it.

All I knew how to do was to act. That's the only thing I had in my favor. That was the thing that propelled me forward.

I love acting. And if there's a niche that needs filling, I'm happy to get in there and try to fill it.

I came to my mom and told her I wanted to do this[acting].

I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

Even my life's not normal because I'm acting, right?

I've often thought that it would be great to do some acting because nobody would think that I would be able to do it and it scares the living hell out of me.

Sometime in my second year at Brown [University], I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell in love with it. I realized that everything I was afraid of about myself, all my fears, could be used in that world.

Being an actor is really odd. So, don't take that as your reality - take your family, take your friends, take your relationships - that's your reality. And hang on to them.

Acting is what I'm living and breathing on a day-to-day basis.

I do love being onstage. And I've always loved playing a character and being watched doing that.

Acting is one of the two things that give me the most joy. The other thing is travelling. Nothing else matters to me.

I love acting, but I don't know if I'll ever get used to it.

Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.