Sean Maguire Quotes

I think it's my job as a young actor to watch adult actors and take tips on the way they work.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

People really don't understand what actors do.

As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with.

To be honest with you, there's nothing that bores me more than sitting around with a bunch of actors talking shop. I love actors and I've got friends that are actors. They're interesting people. But for some reason, usually when it comes round to talking shop, there's a part of me that doesn't like it.

As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

You always like to learn from people as a young actor. I think every young actor says that, but it's true.

If you want to grow up and do what I do for a living - be an actress - my advice to you is read as much as you can.

I had no idea how one became an actor. I didn't know things such as drama schools existed. It all just sort of happened accidentally.

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

It's wonderful when you happen across it as an actor, finding a young actor that is literally just starting out and you understand that to them the craft is the most important aspect of the job.

An actor has to do everything, all genres of films.

My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.

Some people go to acting classes to learn. I just kind of went for the dates.

I trained at the Lee Strasberg Institute at Tisch, which is a huge foundation for young actors. They teach you their methods and give you the sense that acting is much more tangible than most people think. I think there's a mysticism of what acting is, in the fact that it's this ungraspable, spur-of-the-moment thing that nobody can understand.

Regardless of what level the actor's at, you always learn something. And you can learn something from bad actors as well, who I've also worked with in the past.

I'm always amazed at the way some actors' behaviour is truly disgusting. That's one thing that will never happen on one of my sets if I ever direct.

As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.

I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.

My so-called 'reservations' and personal comfort zones can't define my work. That's not being professional. I feel that even if an actor is cast for the lead role or for any other part in the film, it is his job to do the film and not create an issue.

I suppose I could be accused of taking acting too seriously and losing the fun of it. I do take my work very seriously; I take on the responsibility of it.

I consider myself an actor that tries to have as many tools as possible in the bag. And I think that includes the method, then of course it includes some improv techniques, and includes all kinds of different things, because you never know when you're going to have to work on something and in what way.

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.