Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure.

— Jennifer Lawrence

Even when I was a teen model, I didn't think it was fair that I had to enter the acting world to get insurance.

— Tyra Banks

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

— Christina Ricci

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

— Jay Duplass

For me, acting is about the art of it, and it's about being on a film set and doing your thing, painting a blank canvas.

— Shailene Woodley

Frankly, I think I'm marvelous in rehearsal! Then you turn the camera on, and it gets stiff and tight. And then you trudge back to your trailer feeling sad. That's been my experience of film acting.

— Hugh Grant

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

— Richard M. Nixon

I consider my relationship with acting in Hollywood as sort of mutual breakup. Through puberty, Hollywood didn't really want me anymore, and I was like, 'Yeah, I don't really want you, either.'

— Mara Wilson

Ideally, I would love to mix singing and acting, but you can only be a pop star for so many years. I mean, at 30 it's a little bit sad, right?

— Rachel Stevens

I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. Furthermore, I don't think I'm some big deal.

— Ellen Pompeo