Acting Quotes

“Acting is very subjective. Its essence is experience. It is almost impossible to learn from simple observation, because a great performance is marked by the appearance of spontaneous creation: the artistry that created it is concealed.”
― Kurt Daw, Acting: Thought Into Action

“Acting is creating a sense of life. It is giving an audience an experience so vivid and truthful that they are able to draw their own conclusions about what it all means.”
― Kurt Daw, Acting: Thought Into Action

“Actors create a sense of life not by manipulating experiences, but by experiencing the action as it occurs. They are in the "here and now," a state where concentration on the details of the moment preclude the distractions of the past or future. In this sense they have a great deal in common with those other "players," athletes.”
― Kurt Daw, Acting: Thought Into Action