Henry Rollins Quotes

I'm a geeky actor, in the way that I like the craft of acting. I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with. I like the craft of acting. It sounds geeky when I say it, but it's true.

I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.

I did so much theater, where everybody I worked with was so much better than me, that I just sort of learned.

I've been in front of the camera a million times as a musician, and even directed a few music videos. So, I know a lot about spacing, focus, blocking, etcetera. So, acting isn't totally new for me. Still, I find it fascinating, because you actually get to be another person.

The most interesting part of filming is what the actors do. That's the primary link between the story and the audience.

I never was content unless I was trying my skill...or testing my endurance.

To be a good actor you really have to want to act first.

I think acting for sure takes a lot of dedication, especially when you're starting out, because it's so much rejection and it's so important to really study and know your craft.

If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day.

Acting is a weird thing. You've gotta do it to get better, and you've gotta try things to grow.

I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world on fire, but I thought the discipline of it would be good for me. I met a good coach, and I joined her class - with a lot of hungry young actors who really didn't acre if I was a rock 'n' roll singer or not. I started to learn to get a focus, without having to jump up and down every few seconds.

Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the things in your life that you need to sacrifice to get the best out of yourself artistically.

There are two kinds of actors -- one sits in a dressing room waiting for his call and the other gets out into the business and polishes his craft by absorbing everything. I don't know enough, I'll never learn everything I need to learn. When a guy thinks he's already learned it, he can only go backwards.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.

Acting is a bit of a heart and soul exercise with me. It's kind of all I've got.

I have a constant sort of melancholy approach to acting that fuels me. I want to do everything.

Acting is kind of difficult to intellectualize - it's a far more visceral experience. It's really hard to be able to think about and then employ these kind of esoteric notions of this person's backstory and try to weave it in somehow. It's just kind of impossible.

Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.

When watching movies, I was always inspired by the performances of the cast. Of course, the story and the direction and all that intrigued me. But what actors would propel themselves to do, and be, was awesome. It was like, how could these people give so much?

Acting is experience with something sweet behind it.

I just don't understand why more actors aren't artists.

When I see an emotion being enacted by a great actor, I always feel I can never do that.

Theatre is a must for actors. They should try it at least once. It makes you disciplined, teaches you to respect your work, and boosts your confidence as an actor.

The thing that I didn't take into consideration is that acting, like wrestling, is a skill.