Hart Bochner Quotes

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

I just want to keep laying down really great, strong characters, and the more I go unrecognized, the better job I feel I'm doing.

I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job.

I can't do a role or character unless I have lived that character. For me, the best teacher is life.

My favorite on screen moments are when you are really there and you know you're creating something. That's so exciting... it's why you come to work.

I love the sense of how time passes when I'm acting. When you're not aware of the clock ticking, that is always a good sign you're enjoying something.

I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.

The only goal is in the process. The process is in the thing with little flashes of light: those are the gigs, the live shows... it's the life in between. That's all I've got.

When you do something in the moment, it may just be for that stage, that audience, that head space that you're in.

I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism.

I listen much better when I'm acting than I do in real life.

I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to.

My effort is to slip into any role that is offered to me. The minute you go into those costumes, those grand sets, and start prepping up for the role, you become the part or at least start feeling the part.

Writing is harder than acting. I enjoy acting for just the brevity with which you can be in the experience of doing it. Writing is kind of more satisfying in that you're creating a world and doing something that feels bigger, but it's very time consuming and has a higher threshold for failure.

As an actor, your first priority is the work - immersing yourself in the role, backstory, and bringing that to screen.

I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.

It's a feeling I can't describe, to see my work in action. The best is when an artist is appreciative.

I started to view theatre like a spiritual experience. You're on stage saying somebody else's lines, but you're saying them with full commitment of being that person.

It doesn't matter what it is you're doing, my motto is: the joy is in the doing.

I was satisfied with my role in 'Luck,' and I am proud of the film.

That's what distinguishes the pros from people involved in amateur theatre. You just go out and do it again and again.

My favorite role of all? Whatever I'm working on in the moment.

I lived my 'Mom' character. I became Devaki.

I work really hard on every character and do everything in order to make it look authentic.

I just want to act. And I want to be good. And I want to be happy, and I think that's it.