Tobin Bell Quotes

I'm an actor. I try to play a character in a really cool story, the very best I can.

As an actor I am prepared for every role, that's my profession.

Acting takes so much energy.

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.

People know my background and for people who need an improviser, I'm one of the people they think to use if I'm appropriate for the part.

An actor has to embody a role.

Drama is something I'm good at, I guess.

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

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.

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.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

I'm an actor who appreciates direction.

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

As an actress, you have to be very naive.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

I'm an actor. I'm hired to play whatever it is they want me to play - if I'm lucky enough to be cast for the part - which seems to take a lot of luck these days.

I've always enjoyed Acting. Acting is acting.

There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

I just like to act.

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

I think of myself as an actor.

You study all your life, you work really hard to do your best work onstage and onscreen, and then you make your best money playing an ant.