Choi Woo-shik Quotes

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

Acting is all I know; being on a set is all I know.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

Drama is not hard for me. It just didn't seem hard.

If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.

Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor.

I'm not a trained actor. I surrender to my directors, and they make me act.

I did not know much about cinema and acting.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

Acting is the way I make my living.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

I love working with great actors.

And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.

As an actor, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.

I spent a lot of years just learning my craft and falling down in front of the camera.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

Acting is the only thing I'm even vaguely good at and acting is something that I think I do know about.

I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors.