Candice Patton Quotes

I miss that process of getting the script and reading it and working on it. Every actor has their own way of memorizing their lines, and the whole process of starting to work with the other actors and the director, and doing rehearsals, and going to the location, and going through wardrobe.

I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I am going to say - but the scene itself, the character that you are talking to.

Preparation is really important for actors; they need to know who they are, where they're from, and the experiences up to the point that we make the film.

I have worked in films where we just put on the make-up and go in for a shoot without any discussions and even a talk with the director.

When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.

I learn the whole script before I show up.

I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room.

I try not to think about any of the production side of things. If you do, you tend to get unfocused and distracted. I just try to think about the character and the scene and what I'm doing.

The frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you've prepared for two months.

What I do is just go over and over and over my lines and learn the script so well that I can just be easy and relaxed. That's the way I always work.

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.

I play golf, and I play chess, and sometimes I go to the gym. On the airplane or between acts when I do the performance, I play Candy Crush to forget what happens around me, just to be alone, not thinking... You need to clear your brain.

'Olive Kitteridge' is the only thing that I've done on camera where we had a day of rehearsal before we shot, and I'm so glad that that happened, because I was so nervous.

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

We would change out of costume, then we would read the next days script.

In the pre-production process, I am emailing with the actors or jumping on the phone, and we're sort of figuring out who the characters are and trying to build the relationship dynamic and things like that. Then, also, I am outlining.

Once I'm on set, the only thing I'm really interested in is being in the room. Being present. And trusting that what I've done is sufficient, and I'm also trusting that I've also left room for magic.

I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.

Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.

A film is a chain of very difficult decisions, and I think one of them is to choose an accurate cast.

On a film you can really get away with learning the scene the night before and that's often just not possible with TV, so you have to be a little bit more prepared a little bit more in advance.

People ask me, 'Isn't it scary living on your own?' but in this industry, being at events, doing interviews, and doing promotion and constantly chatting about yourself, sometimes it's really nice to just sit in silence or take a day where you can sleep in until 3 P.M. and then stay up as late as you like.

Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.

Shooting a film with seven to eight actors together is complicated sometimes because you have to cover everybody.