Betty Buckley Quotes

I learned how to act working in TV.

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 really enjoy acting. I feel I'm getting better and better with each movie I make.

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

I didn't go to film school, I went to acting school.

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.

When I first started acting, I knew that you have to learn different skills for different roles.

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

'Hollyoaks' is where I learnt a lot of the craft, being in front of a camera six days a week. That's certainly an experience you don't get in drama school. It invites you to be comfortable in front of the camera.

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

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.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better.

The best way to study to be an actor is to interact genuinely with the people around you and observe and listen.

I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler.

I don't have actor training myself.

My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

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

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.

I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

Maybe I'll go to acting school. Acting is like boxing, you know.

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

I was never in an acting school. But I learned everything on the job like memorising lines, all the technicalities of theatre, how to use your voice and eyes and more.