Ron Moody Quotes

I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

It's very good for me to remember what actors go through.

A stage actor has to be 10% aware of the audience as he's performing.

I wish I had a really cool, esoteric answer, but what the process is to me is going onstage night after night after night after night until I get a new hour. And then once that hour is solidified and recorded, I move on.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.

I don't know what Tracy Morgan does onstage, but I can assure you, it's no act.

It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.

Every movie I do, or when I'm on the sketch comedy show, I don't really get into it until I have an outfit or something funny with my head or face or something.

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from 'Star Search' or 'Survivor' or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.

Acting is probably the number one team sport in America as far as I'm concerned.

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.

About the best thing an actor can do when all is said and done is to make people laugh.

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.

I always say, when you're onstage you can't please everybody. I'm sure there are people who may not take to what I do, but that's okay. Thank God the majority are in my corner.

My background is in improv and writing.

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

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

I love to perform live.

I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.