Danielle Rose Russell Quotes

Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened the door to the moment he left. Now if an actor did that they would say he's over-acting.

The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.

Any actor I admire and enjoy working with - Sergi Lopez as the bad guy in 'Pan's Labyrinth,' or the little girl who played young Mako in 'Pacific Rim,' it makes no difference - I like actors with a very strong centre.

I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.

I find doing emotional scenes very tough, it is very challenging for me.

I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

As an actor, you are in a unique position because you're not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.

To be with Derek Jacobi and Stellan Skarsgard, it's a master class in acting every day.

The actors I admire are character actors.

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

Everything I've ever learned about acting - and I went to theater school - was about playing what the character wants and throwing yourself fully into going after what the character wants.

Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space.

When I talk about character work, I don't really feel like i do much as an actor when I look at other great actors who win big awards for doing incredible transformations.

I can watch movies that I've been in, and if there's an emotional scene, I remember specifically what I was using, what I was thinking about, because I am very specific in how I work.

If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.

For an actor, it's not like you have to go crazy to do an intense role.

Crying does not equal good acting.

All I have tried to do as an actor is push good story telling.

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.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.

Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.