Katherine Kelly Quotes

I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way.

Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.

I'm not one of those actresses that asks what's going to happen. I've never been. I just take the scripts, and I see what's given to me, and I go with it that way.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

On paper, actors are the dumbest group of individuals essentially out there. Most of us have not gone to college. However, we never stop learning. Because of what we do, we're constantly researching, constantly learning.

When people ask, 'What role are you dying to play?' I always say, 'The one being written for me right now.'

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

I've been on projects before where there's no rehearsal, and you walk in on set and that's literally the first time you've ever played the character, and then I've had times where there's been three weeks of rehearsal. I like both.

As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.

The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have to play with everything. And the more fun you have with it, the better the finished product.

I'm more verbal and not as private as I was as a kid. I still do a form of sense memory. It honestly depends on the job. It depends on the other people you're working with, how the other actor works.

I select good scripts, and every role is an opportunity to enhance my histrionic skills.

Preparing for roles sounds so academic, doesn't it? It feels as if you are preparing for an examination! In a creative medium, the preparation is of an entirely different kind, and for me, the ideas flow from the script itself.

I primarily look at how a role is laid out by the director. I take into consideration my co-stars, before signing a role.

I am mostly concerned about the script. If I get something that excites me, I will do it.

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

When I do the roles, when I'm in the room and auditioning, I'll ask the director if they're cool with me adding stuff, or just improvising while we're doing it. And I would say, like, 90 percent of the time, they say, 'Absolutely.'

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.