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I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.

— Dabney Coleman

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In most professions, you build up confidence and a sense of achievement as you go along, but that's really not true for acting.

— Song Hye-kyo

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

— Sarah Rafferty

I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic.

— Freema Agyeman

Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.

— Jason Ritter

Acting is acting.

— Brent Spiner

Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.

— Ed Asner

Unfortunately, when you're an actor you have to act. It's not like you can sit in your living room, your bedroom, your study or whatever and act with yourself. It requires having somebody to respond to.

— Chris Sarandon

Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give back to the industry.

— Kris Holden-Ried

✗Opposing Perspectives

There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.

— Marian Seldes

The only advice I give to acting students is, 'Be nice to your underclassmen. You never know who might be in a position to help you get a job one day.'

— John Benjamin Hickey