Mira Sorvino Quotes

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening.

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

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.

As soon as you get two actors in a room and they're locking eyes, they're doing a scene.

Acting is very immediate.

As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too.

That's what acting is. You're not alone. It's reacting. That's what we do.

Actors know one thing: If you're left just with words, you're in trouble.

Action is drama. If we cannot make the audience laugh, smile or cry with us, we are not actors.

This is going to sound cheesy, but with acting there are so many tools. When you're on camera, you're using all of it. You're using the voice, you're using your body, you're using wardrobe, all of it, but it's funny, once you take all of those things away, you realize how much you rely on the physicality.

Sometimes I'm doing a big movie, or sometimes I'm doing a TV show, but as an actor, it's almost the same thing for me. If I'm doing action, or comedy, or something more heartfelt, it's a different approach, but it's all acting for me.

To be honest, I am somebody that, as long as I have a character, it doesn't really matter if it's comedy or drama - I think timing is important in either. But for me, it's all about having a character to work on.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

As an actor, what you really want to do is communicate with people - this is my aim, my principle aim.

I think the hardest thing I've had to learn is that just because people might speak a certain way in real life doesn't mean it's engaging in the theater.

Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.

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.

I love entertaining and I love storytelling.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

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

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

Acting takes so much energy.