Natalie Dormer Quotes

The writer creates the role on the page and then the actor takes it and makes it their own.

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.

As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.

The most important definition of an actor, the job of the actor, is to serve the writer, not yourself. Way too many actors serve themselves.

I think you have to be true to the script that you're given.

Part of being an actor is being able to contribute to a character's rhythms. If there's room to explore, you find a happy medium. We almost always get it as written, and then, we throw some improvs in or some alternatives.

Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.

My job as an actor is to serve the script. If I'm looking at it as to see what the best character is, then it's not really looking at the big picture.

On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

It's fashionable for modern actors to talk about getting 'inside' a character. But you can't get to the inside without getting the outside right first.

I'm a character actor, so as a character actor, I'm always looking for something interesting.

I'm the empty stage where various actors act out various plays.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

We ask the public to believe that every time they see an actress or actor that they are a different person.

I may not be a great actress but I've become the greatest at screen orgasms. Ten seconds of heavy breathing, roll your head from side to side, simulate a slight asthma attack and die a little.

The important bit for an actor is the actual shooting of it, because the minute the shoot ends, it's got nothing to do with you anymore.

I love working with actors. I love to see what they're going to do. There's just something very thrilling and satisfying with being involved with something, all the way through the process [making movie].

Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

As an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be.

The work for the actor is always the same. We're looking for a human being. We're looking for believable human behavior.

When you look at the piece of paper, and there's just words on there, you interpret it as the actor to whatever you think is right. There may not be the hidden meaning behind the dialogue, because you don't really get to see what's going on.

An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.

As an actor, I feel like I'm somebody who, when somebody gives me a mark, I don't want to hit it. I don't like that. But then, without even knowing it, I just hit it.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.