Sarah Paulson Quotes

As an actor, you learn, every time you work.

Acting is a weird thing. You've gotta do it to get better, and you've gotta try things to grow.

There's so much to learn as an actor.

You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.

I just feel my way through. If I had to give an acting class, I wouldn't know what to do.

Acting was something I wanted to work at and put the time into.

One of the great joys of being an actor is you get to go back to school.

My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything.

Acting is a work in progress for me. I just try to keep my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open, especially with the people I've worked with.

The biggest impact that acting and theater had was, of course, stage presence, but it also had a big impact on my writing.

I have learnt to become patient as an actor.

Acting takes a lot of practice, but so does auditioning.

Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.

Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.

As an actress I really like exploring and doing new experiences.

I'm just trying to keep my head above water as I learn how to act. I feel like I have so much to learn, it's insane. The only thing I know is that I don't know or have a grasp on anything other than this one thing that's within me, whatever that is, so I'm just trying to trust that.

I started doing roles and working with people that I really respected and became passionate about the art form of acting. And I'm still trying to figure it out. Still learning.

I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

For me, acting is doing.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.