Sam Rockwell Quotes

There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do.

Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained.

Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.

When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

I don't think there's a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they're doing at all.

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen people with no education in the field turn out to be people that I admire quite a bit.

I guess you can say that every actor is a 'character actor' on some level. But I think some actors have a wider range. I think that's how you get that mantle.

I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.

Craft comes into acting later rather than sooner. I was somebody who had to learn through a process - a natural actor doesn't need to.

I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.

You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.

I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.

My acting has got to be natural. I didn't go to any drama schools. It's a gift from God.

I think Nat's an amazing actor... He understands things about acting that most people don't.

For me, Domhnall is an acting teacher as much as anything. If I turn out to be half the actor he is, I'll be happy.

The funny thing about acting is, there's no 'right' way to make it. Some people need to work their butts off, and some don't. They're just naturals. I wasn't a natural. I sucked.

I don't think talent or an instinct for acting is something you can teach.

I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.

Acting is one of those things that anybody can do because no one can learn it, but only a few people can really do because it's nothing you can learn.

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.

A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.

I've really had good luck working with younger actors. Every younger actor that I have worked with has always been really on top of their game and fascinating to watch.