Michael Socha Quotes

I love playing characters with different accents. It's a lot of fun.

I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and always will.

I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.

I actually love working with accents. I don't know, something about it unlocks something in me. It makes me concentrate on getting into character a little more, helps me find a focus.

I really just like acting. I'm not always aware of what is hip and what is popular and what is zeitgeist.

I don't know if you ever say to yourself that you want to be an actress. It eventually becomes a social function - you are an actress and you make a living out of it, but at the beginning it's more a matter of how to survive, or how to exist in a certain way.

I would be an actress for the rest of my life just because it's really relaxing. Writing is hard work, and stand-up is so stressful before you get on stage, but acting is a complete ensemble experience.

Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled.

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.

I thought I was clever by greeting casting agents in my Australian accent and then switching to an American one during the performance. But the Australian accent seemed to put them off. Now it's the opposite; they love Australians. And with my thick Californian accent I now have a problem convincing them I'm Australian.

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun.

I have the desire to work as an actress, but I have no ambition to be a star.

You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain; I've been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I'm learning.

I did not expect to be allowed to be an actor, to be allowed to eventually direct things.

I love my accent, I thought it was useful in Gone In 60 Seconds because the standard villain is upper class or Cockney. My Northern accent would be an odd clash opposite Nic Cage.

When I started acting, it was really the way for me to be able to communicate.

The great thing about acting is that, until you're dead, you can do it. There are aspects to it that as time goes on you hope you get better at, and there are a lot of things that I'm excited to explore.

I have always like doing accents; I find it much easier to get into character for me.

I like to do a lot of different things in acting.

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit.

I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.