Tony Bennett Quotes

I don't have a Jersey dialect. So when I approached the singing, I approached it the same way as an actor I approach a dialect, just as a singer.

I worked on my voice for Sweet Dreams, but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is.

Acting and singing are integrally locked together.

I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.

I treat my vocals as an instrument.

I enjoy singing soulful melodies because they add that extra zing to your performance.

I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.

I'm called a folk singer, and I'm not too sure about that. I went about my life approaching music not from the point of view of a singer, but from the point of view of an actor. That's how I first started to sing.

When people ask me, 'Are you a singer?' I say, 'No, I'm not a 'singer' - but I love the craft of singing,' going in and finding out what that means or why the hell I'm singing in the first place. My thing is really the craft of it.

Doing a musical is not just acting. It's total theater. When you have to justify the enormous projection of energy it takes to just go into song and dance, you realized why it's such a humbling experience every time you go into a show.

The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The success of a film is entirely on their shoulders. I admire them, because acting is such a difficult thing to do, and I personally can't understand it.

I'm thinking, I'm singing like Ozzy Osbourne, but I don't sound like him enough, ever.

Actors are always a little high at work. Acting is their drug. So when you put the brakes on, they're naturally a little disappointed.

I approach the singing kind of like with dialect thoughts in my mind. I have to sound like this on certain things to give that Frankie Valli flavor.

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.

I love talking about acting. I'm just such a fan of actors and filmmakers, and I try to choose roles where I get to talk to great actors about acting and learn.

So much can be gained from watching other singers, seeing what they do and what they don't do, seeing how they look when they breathe, how wide they open their mouths for a high note.

I feel like my singing is not conventional. I mean, if you look at technique, I'm not a technical singer.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

I don't have a rock voice. I have to force it. I am like an opera singer.

I detest acting because it is sheer drudgery.

Actors should ACT. Not sell perfume, or write cookbooks.

Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.

I'm not a method actress.