Example sentences of "acting [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acting is very much a physical business . |
| 2 | I have always considered drama training to be based on simple precepts , for acting is not a complicated art . |
| 3 | Above all acting is not an intellectual occupation , though a good mind is needed to respond imaginatively and practically to the work of authors and directors . |
| 4 | Isolation is one of the biggest problems for the unemployed actor , for acting is something which needs communication with others . |
| 5 | Acting is not a profession where you can simply stroll on — although I know a lot of fine actors have done that . |
| 6 | Acting is n't going to help it — footling waste of effort . |
| 7 | Thirty years of acting is a long apprenticeship . |
| 8 | Thirty years of acting is a long apprenticeship ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Acting is a collaborative medium , which is wonderful and renewing because every time you get another job you meet a new team of people . |
| 10 | I have written elsewhere ( Bolton , 1982 ) that the basic skill of acting is : ‘ an ability to engage with something outside oneself using an ‘ as if ’ mental set to activate , sustain or intensify that engagement' and I go on to say , ‘ I am using the word ‘ engagement ’ as a central feature because it implies a relationship at an affective level between a person and the world outside him' ( p. 135 ) . |
| 11 | I suddenly heard my father 's voice telling me that all acting is mere imitation . |
| 12 | ‘ Acting is an empty and useless profession , ’ he said . |
| 13 | But the crucial point about pretence or acting is that these are activities for which there are criteria too . |
| 14 | For me , the whole point of acting is using different aspects of yourself , and getting as far away from yourself as you can . |
| 15 | Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you 're going to paint . |
| 16 | Acting is a very complex job with a deceptive amount to learn . |
| 17 | ‘ Acting is in my blood and always has been , ’ said Akram . |
| 18 | Acting is n't a career choice for me . |
| 19 | ‘ With adults the process of acting is about the losing of inhibitions . |
| 20 | Children do n't have as many inhibitions and for them acting is an innate ability . |
| 21 | Mr Poynor noted that a ‘ naturalistic/realistic ’ style of acting is required for this play and that it is interesting for actors to ‘ play against character . ’ |
| 22 | I mean acting is n't a cure for cancer or anything , but it is something I can potentially be very good at so I try and do my best , but my narrow-minded qualities do tend to come through on film sometimes . |
| 23 | ’ The thing that bothers me about English training is that although acting is as demanding as ballet or opera , dancers and singers work out every day . |
| 24 | I mean , acting 's so unpredictable . ’ |
| 25 | Acting 's all about doing the actions . |