Chris Hemsworth Quotes

Actors love to act all those death scenes.

People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.

Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

Modeling is great because I don't have lines to memorize. But I find acting much more challenging - which is a good thing!

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.

Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space.

I can't act without music very well.

I love to do very long and complicated scenes.

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.

On 'Silver Linings Playbook,' David O. Russell is the master at getting his actors to give him something that he doesn't expect. He loves to keep things spontaneous. He talks to the actors throughout a take because, in real life, you don't know what the next person is going to say; you don't know when you're going to get interrupted.

Playing characters I don't relate to are a big challenge for me.

Doing comedy and romance is easy, if I compare it with playing the role of a real-life person.

I had a chance to get used to the lights and the camera without all that pressure to... emote.

I really love playing McKay. It's one of those roles where every day something is different.

Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.

I find doing emotional scenes very tough, it is very challenging for me.

It's much easier, for example, to play a heroin addict and you're withdrawing - you tear the ceiling off - that's much easier than it is to come in and say, 'Hello.' Or, 'I love you'. When you judge it in that way, the heavy isn't as difficult.

Sometimes I try to improve the language, the lines, or the delivery, but I don't ad-lib because I think that makes it really hard for everybody else involved.

My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

I'm good with a script.

I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.

You really have to take your time; you have to know your character and your scene. The line you are about to say comes from the moment right before. It's not what's said, it's what is in between the spaces, it's what's in between the lines; that is the most important to play.