T. J. Miller Quotes

My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.'

Good acting is consistency of performance.

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

Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting.

I don't think I would be a good actor! People enjoyed 'Dancing With the Stars' because I was myself, and every time they told me to say something, I would say my own words, so I don't think I could follow a script well!

Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

I have always been dramatic, so I think being an actress comes naturally to me. I think I am pretty good at it.

I am always interested in good performance, always tried to improve my skill as an actor.

Whenever I have to work on my skills or add to my craft, I do theatre. It's one place where I can learn a lot as an actor.

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

For me, the ideal job as an actor would be something that is intrinsically a drama but to which I could bring in as much humor as possible.

I believe an actor should be shameless.

I go to an acting class every Sunday.

Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

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

I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.

I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance.

I did a lot of serious plays, and I did the Oxford Review as well, which is supposed to be funny, but I'm not sure how funny we were when we did it. Then, when I finished my course, it was only then that I decided to go to drama school and try and do acting because I was enjoying it so much and so on.