Colin O'Donoghue Quotes

In the acting world, you can really only become good by practicing and doing it, and I just think every time you walk onto a set you just become better and better. I think I'm in a totally different space than I was back then on that first movie set.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

As an actor, I'm ambivalent because I'm focused on the other person and what they're giving me, what I need to be giving them, and what the character is thinking.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.

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

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

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

Practice makes an actor excel. It is like cycling and motor driving. It is an art, which can be learnt and practised.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

There's a lot of actors that I admire because they can just switch one second into the character. Then, they go back to jokes, and then they're doing something really dramatic. I can't do that. I have to really focus.

Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting.

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.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.

Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves.

I recommend doing some sort of acting class, something that can eventually get you in front of an agent or a manager, and practice is very important.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

I'm not a classically trained actor. I'm not a product of Stavlovski method or anything like that.

I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.