Ebon Moss-Bachrach Quotes

As an actor, you're constantly looking to be pushed.

I am not a trained actor. My real learning began on the sets.

I could probably do a documentary on acting classes; I've taken so many.

I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

Some people go to acting classes to learn. I just kind of went for the dates.

I've had probably way too many acting classes, and you try to sort of shed - I think over a period of time, you'll shed what doesn't stick with you, and you'll hang onto those things that do.

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.

As an actress, you have to keep yourself fresh and new.

Well I started studying to help me with these commercial auditions and I just loved it.

There's so much to learn as an actor.

I've been to acting coaches and everything, but they had to open me up and all that, so now I'm getting better with it.

I can honestly say whatever I know about acting, all of it, I learned at 'GH.'

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

As an actress, I'm constantly watching different shows and films and am always gathering information and inspiration for characters and techniques to make my performances the best they can be.

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when I get an acting book I can read it in two days.

The last person to teach me how to act was my A-level Theatre Studies teacher at school, which I literally still draw on. Got an A!

My ambition is to get better as an actor.

For basically two years, I took acting classes and found my own stride in L.A.

The best way to study to be an actor is to interact genuinely with the people around you and observe and listen.

I don't take acting classes - I'm quite an autodidact. I prefer to learn from other actors by watching various movies. Evaluate my acting, spot the flaws and fix them.

I was a coat-checker at Orso, and all these wonderful actors were coming in, and it was exciting to me, so I started going to classes, and my excuse was, 'I'll be a better songwriter if I can understand how to play a character.' Well, that couldn't be farther from the truth.

I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.