Marc Platt Quotes

When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're working on that day and break them down - just real intense everyday work.

I appreciate the level of professionalism and talent that I get to be around every night, eight times a week.

I figure I can be artistic, but I work like a blue-collar person, too, and I'm serious about that.

Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious.

Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time.

I like to see things that take a lot of time and effort and passion. Which I feel like 'Skins' has.

Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.

I admire Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman for their sheer dedication to their craft.

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.

A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

I just have work to do; I just do it.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

When I'm working, I'm obsessively working.

I don't mean this to sound cliche, but it's really about the work for me. I like to keep working on things.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.

You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to just keep playing and doing your music and the rest is just a bonus.

Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be.

I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.

I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power.

It's my only religion to work hard, and then I'm not under any pressure because I know I've done the work on the character.

Genius is patience.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline.