Scott Glenn Quotes

Practice makes an actor excel. It is like cycling and motor driving. It is an art, which can be learnt and practised.

Acting is always a challenge.

You learn to act by acting. You only get so much from acting class. You have to put your act on stage.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

Nobody is a perfect actor.

I like finding stuff that I suck at and trying to get better. So I'm taking classes, getting myself comfortable in an acting scene. You've got to work out those ticks. For instance, standing up used to be really hard for me. I act much better if I'm sitting down.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

Acting has been very useful to me.

I'm always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in 'El Gringo;' it shows in the new 'Universal Soldier.' You can't rest on your laurels; you've got to keep improving.

I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.

You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor.

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

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.

You have to have a lot of skills when you act; you might not have it when you start, but you definitely end up with a few skills along the way.

I'm not an actor. I can show up for friends and improvise a little bit, but I'm not an actor. I can't remember lines.

I only know how to act. I don't know anything else.

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

Every time you play a different role with different actors in different locations, you're developing a greater level of comfort in the act of doing this, which is why you're getting better all the time.

Acting takes a lot of practice, but so does auditioning.

All that acting and all that stuff and emoting and crap will come after you know what you're doing. So when you get - when I get on stage, I don't have to think about it.

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

I have theatre-training, I love doing theatre, I've done Broadway.

My mom pushed me to take drama class.