Example sentences of "[prep] acting be " in BNC.
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1 | Talking about acting is like boasting about pictures you 're going to paint . |
2 | I have always considered drama training to be based on simple precepts , for acting is not a complicated art . |
3 | Isolation is one of the biggest problems for the unemployed actor , for acting is something which needs communication with others . |
4 | Thirty years of acting is a long apprenticeship . |
5 | Thirty years of acting is a long apprenticeship ’ |
6 | 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 ) . |
7 | For me , the whole point of acting is using different aspects of yourself , and getting as far away from yourself as you can . |
8 | ‘ With adults the process of acting is about the losing of inhibitions . |
9 | 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 . ’ |
10 | ‘ I still think the great moments in acting are when a theatre audience lets out a big laugh at just the point when you want them to laugh — or when you can hear a pin drop because you 've got them totally captivated in the drama . ’ |