I’ve always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting.

Meaning of the quote

Acting is just being someone else on stage or in a movie. Tony Randall, a famous American actor, says he has always enjoyed this kind of pretending and make-believe. For him, acting is simply the act of acting - stepping into a role and becoming a different character.

About Tony Randall

Tony Randall was an iconic American actor best known for playing the role of Felix Unger in the TV adaptation of ‘The Odd Couple.’ Over his six-decade career, he received numerous award nominations and won one Emmy, cementing his place as a beloved figure in film, television, and theater.

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I would have started the National Actors Theatre 30 years earlier.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

You mustn’t take any award so seriously.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

So many people have won Emmys, so many people have won multiple Emmys that I think it’s a degraded award.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Well, I’m a tape-recording nut. I like to play my tapes.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

We have too many actors for the jobs available.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Museums, I love museums.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

The competition is pretty rough these days.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

I was on the Johnny Carson show, I believe 114 or 104 times. And aside from those times on the air, I never spoke to him. I never met him.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

In fact, it used to be a joke if you studied at a University.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

We’re also the only country that has the Death Penalty. That’s something to boast about, isn’t it?

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Awards are only a publicity gimmick.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

And it’s a crime because the great plays of history, going all the way back to the Greeks, are part of everybody’s heritage. It’s just like in music, Beethoven or Mozart, that’s everybody’s heritage.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

There’s only one thing worse than a man who doesn’t have strong likes and dislikes, and that’s a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

I never achieved my first goal in the National Actors Theatre, which is to have a permanent Acting Company.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Inherit the Wind is a wonderful play, and I was in the original with Paul Muni.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

The real thing is, you should be seeing these plays in the Theatre. That’s what they were written for. That’s where the enjoyment is. Studying them is no enjoyment whatsoever.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Sooner or later, we sell out for money.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

I thought that I held the record of most appearances on the Bob Hope Show, but I think – It’s Brooke Shields.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Marilyn Monroe was no fun to work with. She would report to work around 5:00 in the evening. You’ve been in make-up since 8:30 in the morning waiting for her.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

I’ve always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Awards sell tickets, and they’re a clever publicity stunt.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

The young actors coming out of the Universities are well trained.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)

Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country.

Tony Randall

American actor (1920-2004)