Phoebe Cates Quotes

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

A huge part of what we do as actors is learning to ignore the camera, as if it's not even there, while simultaneously being very aware of the camera and what it's capturing, because you can give the best performance of your life, but if you do it with the back of your head facing the camera, it's going to get cut from the movie.

Acting is the way I make my living.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

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.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

I have learned that acting is not about beauty.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

It's fatal to talk about acting. It sounds faintly ridiculous if you start analysing it.

Acting truly is a love of mine.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.

Acting is always a challenge.

I think acting is a gift.

I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.

There's something about being any kind of entertainer that is acting. You have to put on a show. Things you wouldn't do in your life, you do on stage. You have to let go. And that's extra hard for rappers. We have a tendency to, quote unquote, keep it real. As an actor, you have to be able to humiliate yourself. Do whatever it takes.

I love to act and put on a show, but you're playing a character all the time. For music, it's really just me being myself.