Jeff Nichols Quotes

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.

I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it and they want to change it and they want to add stuff. I'm always amazed and so impressed by actors who do that.

Many times, when a director reads a script and wants somebody who says 'Far out', then they let me do what I want with it and that's usually more interesting for an actor.

Acting has always been very comfortable for me, so it allows me to pay attention to other parts of the process literally while I'm acting.

Preparing for roles sounds so academic, doesn't it? It feels as if you are preparing for an examination! In a creative medium, the preparation is of an entirely different kind, and for me, the ideas flow from the script itself.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

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

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

I hate sitting around a table and talking about what a play might mean. I'm the person who's always like, 'Can we get up on our feet and just do it?'

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

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

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

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

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

I am a really writer-oriented actor.

As an actor, you pay attention very closely to everything that happens to you, and you're constantly watching others as well, trying to just find out where everything comes from.

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

There's no one more willing to do something than an actor when it comes to perfecting a scene.

I'm hoping I can evade a type and go for roles based on what I consider plausible and what I consider good.