Victor Garber Quotes

I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

I love acting. It's an interesting challenge to make something that doesn't exist appear like it's happening, and to do it in a real way.

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.

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

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

People think memorizing lines is hard, when that's the last thing you worry about. You get that done, and then you've got to worry about the internal stuff, which is the challenging part.

Acting is experience with something sweet behind it.

I think a director can make a play happen before your eyes so that you are part of it and it is part of you. If you can get it right, there's no mystery. It's not about mystery. It's not even mysterious. It's about our lives.

Acting is all about finding the truth within whatever world you're in.

Any good production team is going to allow an actor to breathe life into the characters - that's why they hired that woman, that man, whatever the case.

Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it's getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in the performance!

For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.

As an actor, you know when you've got great material in front of you. When you're working, you think, 'Is this the one? The one that everyone will respond to and be moved by?' You pray that you have told the story well... that your peers will see it and audiences will love it.

With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

I'm coming from the notion that acting is an art. It is not a business. It is about building characters, not about selling personalities.

I don't slot actors into the image of a character that's already built. I build characters by listening to the voice and the story inside the heart of each actor. Art and life are linked, and expressed through my actors.

When you're in a good play and a good production, you find that you're in something that has a life beyond you. You think, 'Oh my goodness, this play's alive.'

As an actor, you create a character from your understanding of what you have heard and your observations. Eventually, every film is an extension of the images that I have seen or what I have heard or read somewhere.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

The wonderful thing about theater as an art form is it's a purely empirical art form. It's all about what works. And every show, every production, is created anew right from the moment you go into the rehearsal hall.

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.

It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones.