Daniella Alonso Quotes

Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.

A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.

As far as acting, I just went in and just started training. It was the first thing I did right when I retired. I just went in and found class, and found people, found the right coaches that could sort of just train me along.

I got into acting classes. I didn't want to just go by luck.

Anytime I met an actor, I just attacked them and said, 'How did you do this?' Eventually, I began to realize that you went to school for it. I wasn't a bright kid, so it took me a long time to figure that out.

I would probably go so far as to say that I couldn't act before I met Richard Ayoade.

I would advise anyone seriously interested in acting to study, train, and work as much as possible... You will know soon enough if it's the right avenue for you.

I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, 'How do I get to be a serious actor?'

Subliminally, I had always wanted to act. Although I had only performed in a couple of plays, I was serious about it and was subsequently trained by people like Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.

When I came to Mumbai, I had no experience in acting 'til I actually did it.

I'd studied acting in New York when I left Pierre - that was the big thing that I did. I worked very hard at it, actually.

I'm the type of actor that, if I'm not filming something, I'm in class.

When I was 15, 16, I studied with Stella Adler at the Conservatory of Acting, then I stopped again and went to the Actors Studio when I was 18.

I was an assistant director for a year, and I realized, 'God, this is a lot of hard work. This is going to take time. So what's the shortcut? What's the better option?' Then thankfully, someone said, 'Why don't you become an actor?'

For basically two years, I took acting classes and found my own stride in L.A.

I didn't really make up my mind to be an actor until I did 'The Hitcher' with Rutger Hauer. I was about 17 or 18 when I did that, by which point I'd probably done a dozen or more movies or TV things, but 'The Hitcher' was the experience that made me want to study and commit and learn how to do this for my life.

I began acting when I was very young, maybe 5 or so? Just by going to acting classes and that sort of thing.

I would recommend any young person who wants to be an actor to go and get some training.

For me, it was much more important to continue to learn my craft as an actor and get a bit of flesh on the bones.

I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

I pray and try every day to be a better actor.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

I was not a trained actor.

I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.