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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.

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.

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them.

The big secret in acting is listening to people.

My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own.

Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.

I never lost my appetite for acting.

I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging.

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

I didn't study acting.

I'd like to think there'll be too much of real life going on for me to want to do much acting.

I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am.

I never had any acting heroes. I never really went to the theatre.

I was studying acting, going to UCLA, selling real estate on the weekends.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.

When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice.

I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me.