Carole Radziwill Quotes

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

Even if one is not a great actor, just being in front of the camera requires a lot of effort.

I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation.

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

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

Nobody is a perfect actor.

Acting is always a challenge.

I've always loved acting, even from when I was a child. But when I got on stage, I realised I couldn't act my way out of a paper bag. I was wild and full of unharnessed energy, but I was around all these seasoned performers like Rita Cullis. It was as if they were all in slow motion.

It's hard enough to just be a good actor. When you're on set, there's everything going against you. There are walkie talkies going off, the camera is creaking and moving, there are boom mics, and you have to hit your mark and make sure you don't shadow the other person's face. It's a really technical process.

I don't think I would be a good actor! People enjoyed 'Dancing With the Stars' because I was myself, and every time they told me to say something, I would say my own words, so I don't think I could follow a script well!

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

I knew that acting is like anything - you learn from doing it.

I'm not a very good actor.

Soap operas are like TV boot camp. You have to be able to self-direct, learn a ton of dialogue in a short amount of time, and deliver a performance in one or two takes.

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

I'm not a natural-born actor. So it's been a very slow learning curve for me.

I can't say I'm confident in my abilities as an actor.

I'm not a good actor.

I am a terrible actor.

All that acting and all that stuff and emoting and crap will come after you know what you're doing. So when you get - when I get on stage, I don't have to think about it.

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work.

I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.