Marcello Giordani Quotes

I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.

I grew up singing in the church choir, but I've not really had any training.

I've been on stage since I was nine years old, and I kind of stumbled into the world of hosting. That, to me, was the thing I had to build a skill set for.

I didn't take lessons, and I don't know my scales.

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.

When I first began to learn to sing, it took me from three to four months to learn two simple hymns.

I would absolutely recommend for actors to start in the theater because it establishes a foundation in your craft that you can build off of.

I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.

To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.

The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect on the kind of musician that I became.

A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. It's important to alternate between the two activities.

I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.

That's how I learned how to act. I learned by doing it. I didn't start acting until I was 37.

Every time I work, it's an educational process because I learn by watching other actors. My career is always going to be an ongoing study.

Actors and writers need to come back to the theater because it's a place where you can learn. You have to pay your dues, and people who haven't paid their dues in the theater, I think, have a hard time creating a whole career.

For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a live audience, no matter where you are. Whether it's on Broadway, in Florida, or doing a tour.

I love singing. I have spent as much of my life trying to improve my singing as I have practising guitar.

The single most important thing in learning my craft was being on the stage.

I've never had an acting lesson in my life. I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing.

I'm a self-taught actor, which means that I had to learn everything on my own, as I wanted to know the craft deeper and deeper.

I take every lesson in the book: singing, acting, guitar, piano, jazz, organ and tap-dancing.

I've never done any vocal warm ups, ever. As a matter of fact, I learned to sing playing three sets a night in smoky clubs.

I've never studied music.

My first couple shows, I figured I should be playing the guitar and singing. That felt weird, but I got good at it pretty quick, and I learned my songs and how to play them.

I've no real musical training, although I took some piano lessons a while ago.