Meghann Fahy Quotes

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

I'd always dabbled in acting.

I don't think film actors need training, really.

I am learning the grammar of acting on the sets. And I am happy that way.

All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

I trained in Toronto with a private acting teacher, who was wonderful, for years growing up.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.

I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.

For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.

I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.

I've been acting for a while, but theater is pretty different. I've never been in a play.

Learning lines is my biggest challenge.

You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor.

People always ask about learning all of your lines as an actor, and it's generally the easiest part of the job.

I've never been to acting classes or anything like that. Everything I do is quite instinctual.

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

I've never had an acting lesson in my life. I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing.

As an actor, my job is to go to the set, read my scene and perform to the best of my abilities.

I don't know why all these actors think going to a gym or riding horses or learning how to fight are the steps to becoming an actor.