Taron Egerton Quotes

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.

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

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.

Acting is reacting, and it's always easier to react when someone is doing a good job.

Acting is acting.

I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I love old school acting. I love subtlety, and I also love being spontaneous, and that's really what works for me.

Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.

I've always been a material-based actor. That's what I've done, the choices I've made - like a heat-seeking missile.

A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.

As an actor, my job is to go to the set, read my scene and perform to the best of my abilities.

I believe an actor should be shameless.

I love acting. Modeling is fun, too, but I feel like there is more room to stretch yourself and open yourself up to new experiences with acting. That's why I got into acting in the first place.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.

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

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!

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

An actor is an impersonator; he plays many different roles. If you played the same role all the time, God - that'd be a boring career. When you take on different roles and become a different person, that's called acting... It's a challenge.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

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.

I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft. If you love being a detective and discovering who a character is and the detail of how they walk and what kind of shoes they wear and what did they do yesterday and what's important to them. I definitely advise actors to learn about the craft.