Shweta Tripathi Quotes

There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.

I think it's incumbent on actresses to bring something else to the part which isn't in the script.

I would absolutely recommend for actors to start in the theater because it establishes a foundation in your craft that you can build off of.

The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.

As an actor, the training I received was that I walk through the world as an observer of life and of people. My job is to actually be looking out all the time and watching people.

I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while.

'Boardwalk' has kind of exposed me to a different demographic. And it upped my skills in terms of the speed with which I can prep a scene, and I'm excited to apply that.

One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.

As an actor, it is my job to prepare for the role I am playing.

The whole process of acting is transformation. What is your power, quality and level of transformation, define you as an actor.

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 don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

As an actor, you want to do the best job possible, and you want the best scripts possible because it makes life more interesting.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

For me, I've always been one that reads a script and has been ready, wiling and able to go out and fight for parts.

I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

The thing I noticed about Jack was when we did a reading of the script, just to warm up.

I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.

It's a surprisingly sacrificial job being an actor.

Robert De Niro taught me how to listen, and how to be part of the conversation. It's not just about reading your lines and saying what's in the script; you have to understand your character, along with the other characters so that you can always respond.

Accents are very tangible, blessedly, and if you have to do one, it's a way of getting into character. I can read it through a few times and pretend I know what I'm doing!