D. B. Sweeney Quotes

I may not be Meryl Streep, but I am not untalented.

I could do Daniel Day-Lewis's job as well as him.

I feel that I am a good actor.

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

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.

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act.

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.

When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.

There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.

I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

Acting doesn't suffice.

I don't consider myself this amazing thespian.

Physical comedy and musical theatre were never actually in my main focus at school. I was more of a dramatic actor. I always thought I was better at that.

I was watching TV, and there was a girl acting a fool. And I was like, 'I could do that.'

When I play characters, I like playing people who just comment on stuff, stand around and talk.

I thought acting was just going on and remembering all of one's lines.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I was studying at the Royal Academy of Arts, and I was playing the role of Dr. Ivan Chebutikin in Chekov's 'Three Sisters.' I was about 50 years too young for the part.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

I enjoy doing drama, and I enjoy doing comedy equally.

Reading great dialogue as an actor is such a rare privilege.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.