Ivan Reitman Quotes

Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I think anybody can be a good actor.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

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.

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them.

People who do not have funny in them are not funny when they read funny lines. Sorry. Just doesn't work that way. Seriously, this is the biggest rule of all. You live and die with your casting decisions. Your actors are the heart and soul of the whole thing. Without brilliant actors, you will not have a brilliant film.

I feel that I am a good actor.

I would have to say that I have to concentrate more when I'm doing comedy. There are so many details that make up any character, but developing a character for a dramatic role seems to come more naturally.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

I don't really know how to act that much. I'm quite good at comedy, but it's mostly acting naturally.

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

To do comedy, you have to be a pretty good actor to start with.

It's very hard to be a good actor, you know. It's easy to be cute.

Being on 'The Office' prepared me for drama. Comedy got me ready, but once you get down to it, they're two sides of the same thing. I mean, the delivery has to be different - in drama, there's more time to breathe, and comedy's all about hitting the joke.

In the end, only a good actor stands out; if I am not a good actor, I won't stand out.

The audience has reacted well to my comic timing. But, I also have other aspects to my acting talent.

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to be able to transmit that.