Troy Garity Quotes

A wonderful acting teacher I love, Josh Pais, has a system I love for being in the moment in acting, but also in life. And one of the things he reminds me of is to take a moment and just be here now.

There's a Zen to acting, by being in the moment. That's where the power is.

As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not caring about you, they're caring about the character.

I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story.

A performer needs to feel the part to be the part!

I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.

It's actually meditative to sit in a character for an extended period of time, realizing what your relationship is to who you're playing and then letting go, just being there.

Don't forget there are two sides to performing. Finding the truth, but you also have to be transparent enough for the audience to see it. How many times have you seen a performance and thought: 'Well, it seems to be meaning a great deal to you but it ain't coming across to me?' It is to be shared.

On stage, you have nothing to hide behind. It allows the work to live in a more organic place. It's almost like a meditation. You have to go on that stage and be as present as possible.

Be it 120 frames or 24 frames or film or theatre, you're trying to be a fully formed human being and trying to be honest.

For me, the whole idea of performance is not being self-aware, and then sort of just experiencing.

The great thing about acting is you don't have to worry about yourself at all. I tend to just get out of the way of me and let something come through.

At the end of the day, you're trying to - be it on theatre or on the camera - tell the truth and be honest in the moment.

I love just being in the moment, and the most present I feel in my work is with theatre.

Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of everything except what you want and need - and it's wonderful in that way. And when it's right, you're lost in the moment.

We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time.

There are moments when you get out of your own head and you exist in the moment, and that can be good acting.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment.

Everybody has parts of themselves that they're not 100% happy with - that's what makes you human. And being an actor, your job is to play human beings. Your job is to play real people.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

Sometimes, when you're acting, you are so in the moment that you don't even remember what just happened.

If you can walk into a set and feel the reality of it, then immediately you're not having to work to bring yourself into the character.

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

I try to give each performance my own soul, to bring a truth to my character. Hopefully, when I bring that much truth to a character, it resonates with somebody, and it sparks some kind of emotion in them.

I always try to stay in the moment, in real life and in acting.