Sibel Kekilli Quotes

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

When you act with phenomenal actors, it makes your job much easier because all you have to do is react.

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.

I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.

I feel that I am a good actor.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.

Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

Good acting is consistency of performance.

Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess.

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

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.

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

I'm a huge fan of actors, and I love when people find moments and a scene works. There's nothing more that I love than to go over to another actor and say, 'Yeah! You just rocked that one, baby!'

I enjoy working with actors so much and having the chance to be surprised by them.

They were always my favourite scenes working with Don Warrington. He's such a brilliant actor, he has such a presence, you don't have to act with him you just react you know he's so good.

Acting, for me, is giving to your co-actors.

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

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character.

Being on set is like being in college, for me, because I get to watch other people perform and I can learn from them if I listen and pay attention.

For me, the more talented the actor is that I'm working with, the easier my job is because the circumstances of a scene are easier to believe when the people around you are in the moment just as much as you are.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.