Kristen Stewart Quotes

The biggest impact that acting and theater had was, of course, stage presence, but it also had a big impact on my writing.

I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on an act, because in life, I wasn't funny and I felt on stage or in the movies, I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.

Acting is like sex: you either do it and don't talk about it, or you talk about it and don't do it. That's why I'm always suspicious of people who talk too much about either.

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can go your whole life if you stay current and you stay fresh.

Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds of situations.

Acting is a different discipline. On stage I'm free to say what I please. But the change is very good for ya.

As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

I have been doing acting my whole life. I did plays in high school. I take it pretty seriously. I used to do a lot of Shakespeare and Shakespearean festivals and monologues.

My parents thought if they put me in drama classes, I might come out of my shell. It worked, and I've acted ever since.

I want to act, perform in my own way.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

I'm really loving acting. I want this as a career. I'll still write music and collaborate with people, but I'm focused on the acting path.

To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.

I love the creative end of acting. But I hate fame.

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

I love working with actors. I grew up with a lot of actors. All my friends are actors. I love that process.

The study of acting consists in the main of getting out of one’s own way, and in learning to deal with uncertainty and being comfortable being uncomfortable.

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 know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life.

I detest acting because it is sheer drudgery.

Acting is doing. The more you do, the more you learn. Work begets work.

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.

As an actress I really like exploring and doing new experiences.

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.