Jeremy Allen White Quotes

That's how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I'll tell them when it's too much. It's always easier to bring it back then to push it further.

For horror movies, it's great because I know exactly what I am doing and what should be done. But for a cop drama, I can't calm my face down, and so it's really nice to be able to be in this genre where nothing is too much, and no one yells at me for having big eyes.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.

I'm an actor, and I keep observing people and their reactions to figure out what they are thinking. There's only so much you can do on your own, so you have to keep learning. Art imitates life.

When I was doing 'All in the Family,' half the time, I was looking at where the cameras were, where were the other actors in the scene, what the audience was doing.

I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.

Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to do whatever they ask.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

Good acting is consistency of performance.

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.

I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting.

Contrast of emotions is definitely something interesting that you like to do as an actor.

The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the set.

A director must push his actors to the utmost limit to get everything possible out of each scene - without being corny or sentimental or going overboard.

There's a rhythm and a cadence in a scene, and when an actor understands without any real direction from you, then that's a very valuable gift. And some people get it, and some people don't.

I want everyone to understand that as an actor you need to be able to play different roles, be versatile even in terms of your personality.

I have always been dramatic, so I think being an actress comes naturally to me. I think I am pretty good at it.

I get to pick so many things as an actor. Also, I'm a good observer of people and their mannerisms.

Actors like me endeavour to look for great roles and portraying them to the best of our ability. At times, it's noticed; at times, it's not.

Every time you play a different role with different actors in different locations, you're developing a greater level of comfort in the act of doing this, which is why you're getting better all the time.

At the end of the day, you're saying lines and playing pretend. All that varies from show to show is the level of the intensity and the terms of the expectations you place on yourself.

I walk into a scene, and I do the scene. That's my job. I don't have an objective. I have the words, and I have whoever I'm playing with.

But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part.

The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater.