John Hawkes Quotes

I don't think film actors need training, really.

If you want to be an actor, you need to learn how to act first, even in sketch comedy.

For me, acting was something I fell into.

I didn't study acting.

The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.

I recommend doing some sort of acting class, something that can eventually get you in front of an agent or a manager, and practice is very important.

Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.

I've always known from the beginning of my acting career that you only get an acting job if you've got something to learn about it. If you don't do it well, you'll be condemned to doing the same role over and over and over again. If you do it mediocre, you'll have to do it again.

I didn't go to acting school.

My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.

My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.

There are so many people that say they are actors and they don't spend for 5 minutes a day working on their craft. You need to train and need to take classes to keep your tools sharp. I'm always in class, whether it's theater or drama workshops.

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that.

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 had gone to acting school for years. It was the kind of thing I had studied to do. I had worked with good coaches and trained to do this my whole life: to be a realistic actress capable of doing truthful work.

I've never been to acting classes or anything like that. Everything I do is quite instinctual.

I have a coach, but I'm not theater-trained or a technical actor.

As an actor, I am looking for diverse roles.

I always wanted to be an actor, so I began to prepare myself for a career in acting. I did a course at Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting school. I was with Shiamak Davar's dance school and also did theatre with Nadira Babbar.

Acting is learnt, not taught.

I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

I've never been in an acting class in my life.

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.

I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.