Justin Chatwin Quotes

In every character I play, I try to imbibe something. Every film is a learning process for me.

The thing I love most about acting is that your capacity evolves as you evolve as a human being.

Going to drama school was the start of my journey of discovery and getting to know myself.

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.

You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story.

I like to extend myself as an actress and David really helped me.

All the time I'm changing as an artist and as a person.

I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child.

To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that it's never done; it's never perfect, and so it's the process. It's like practicing being okay with things not being perfect and things being outside of your control.

Theater has been my way of learning about everything.

I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

My goal is to play characters that I feel I can contribute to and also ones I can contribute back to my life.

It's a wonderful profession, and it opens lots of doors, and I think it's quite right that people can accuse actors and actresses of being dilettante, but you learn on every job, whatever it is, the process moves you on in some way, and yeah, I want to expand my knowledge of our existence, I suppose.

I have to say my background was mostly theatre, which I love, and it took a long time to feel comfortable there. That's probably true of anyone's career.

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

I want to challenge myself as an actor.

The real road, to me, was within the actor, within myself, within my own personality. How much Jeffrey can I find, and how much of Jeffrey could I access? What parts of Jeffrey have I never used for Hank or for George or Oscar? - and that was a delight.