Acting Criticism Quotes

I thought acting was showboating.

Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.

I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.

If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.

People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.

When I did a serious role in 'Koshish,' people said that I didn't look good.

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts act themselves senseless in 'August: Osage County,' and by the time they're finished, they've acted their movie senseless, too.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

When a film fails, the lead actor is always blamed for it.

But it's a strange thing when people judge you because you're not doing some big Hollywood film. Are you suggesting I should be in 'The Dukes of Hazzard?' I mean, hello?

That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

I remember one day, Ekta Kapoor came to the set and scolded me that you don't know how to act, why did we cast you'? She asked me to stay on the set till I learnt the technique of correct dialogue delivery. At that time I felt very humiliated.

Glenda Jackson called me an amateur in 1976 when we were in a play, 'The White Devil.' I've never forgiven her.

Bette Davis had a phrase that called it "cigarette smoking acting" .

I think sometimes soap acting gets an unfair label for being bad and over the top. The lessons I learned there were so valuable. Seeing yourself every day on television, you learned what worked and didn't work, what was bad acting and what wasn't. Memorizing scripts became second nature.

I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.

I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.

You know, to an extent, Method acting feels occasionally lazy.

Come on, I know bad acting when I hear it.

Acting is very subjective and one can't be deterred by what people think of your work.

Clark Gable once said to me, "'Acting school?' [If you go,] I'll kill ya!"

...my least favorite actress of all time, Helena Bonham Carter. I find her lack of a neck very off-putting and especially her acting.

Even when I was really young, I hated doing commercials, because I would say, "That's not real acting." And it's not. It's embarrassing what they make little kids do in commercials.