Sally Field Quotes

I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.

I was a student of Sanford Meisner for three years at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and I studied with Lee Strasburg for five years and became a member of the Actors Studio. What I studied came right from the horse's mouth. My students have a lot to learn from me, and I am so eager to share it.

I trained as an actor with Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, and Harold Clurman, and those guys set a very high bar.

Almost everything I learned about being an actor came from those early years at the Actor's Studio.

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.

You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.

I have no idea what 'method actor' means.

I didn't learn anything about acting until I joined the Group Theatre. They taught me an entirely new approach, an entirely new technique.

I took Meisner for a long time. I use a lot of sense memory and, well, I wouldn't say Method, but I can't really avoid getting into character.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.

I was a student of Stella Adler and then later Lee Strasberg, and they were into sensory work. At its best, acting is not about words - even when the words are important.

I'm a method actor.

Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.

There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more theories and methods and techniques to it than I think anybody would think.

I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.

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

Every actor has a method.

It helps me as an actor to always be on top of my stuff.

Acting is a career where you keep learning with every film you do.

For the actor, The Lee Strasberg Notes are an indispensable companion.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!

Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.