Katee Sackhoff Quotes

Good acting is consistency of performance.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well that you can just sort of play off of whoever your reader is - that's the best feeling at an audition.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

I try to be a good, diligent actor.

Acting has always been my passion and will remain so.

I know it looks like Burt walks through his movies, but he doesn't; he works hard to make it look that way, and the work is tough.

Acting takes a lot of practice, but so does auditioning.

All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

Acting takes so much energy.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

I love nothing better than to get all the nuts and bolts out of the way - show up on time, with lines learned, clear on what the director expects of me, with my buttons buttoned and my jewelry on correctly - and then I completely commit to play acting.

My advice to young actors is to push yourself and to aspire to be great.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

When I went to auditions, if I didn't know the lines, I wasn't getting the job. If I knew my lines, if I knew what I was supposed to be doing, I got the job. And it was always like that - if I'm working hard, I get the result that I'm looking for.

I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a lot of hard work, and I think that theater teaches you that you've got to know your stuff because you only get one chance.

Drama is not hard for me. It just didn't seem hard.

I love acting, and it was really important to me to give it a real shot.

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.

Simple formula for the actor: prove you're creative enough to get the job, sane enough to keep the job, and hungry enough to give up everything else to keep them happy.

Acting is about acting, not about being a movie star.