David Lambert Quotes

I get to play some zany, multilayered, very complex individuals.

I have always felt that acting in a film is very challenging in itself. But when it comes to performing live, I think that is more challenging.

That's what acting is: really make-believe.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

I like acting. I really like acting. The career, it can keep you interested. With 'Entourage,' the characters are living a lifestyle that is kind of troubling. But the challenge is to make Shauna a person.

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

I want to be doing smart, fun, complex characters like most actors want to do.

As an actor, it's really exciting and challenging to play a character which is much older than your actual age.

I think any actor, if they had the choice, would opt for challenging roles that test their capabilities.

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

As an actor, there are so many different people to hide behind.

One of the joys about acting is researching.

I think I first got into acting through church. I would go to these church retreats, and they would tell us to make a skit or make a video and present it to the rest of the group. And I started doing that. And I fell in love with it.

You have to like the characters you play.

Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.

One of the great joys of being an actor is you get to go back to school.

I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

I love doing emotional scenes. As I've had a perfect life, I don't really have much to pull from. But it's really fun and not that challenging. It's almost pretty easy. The hardest thing is to try and make people laugh. That's a really hard thing.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

You rely on a lot of things about learning to play a particular character.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.