Amanda Schull Quotes

When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene.

I try not to think about any of the production side of things. If you do, you tend to get unfocused and distracted. I just try to think about the character and the scene and what I'm doing.

Every time you go on a set, it's a whole different world, and I love that.

When I'm not on set, I'm in the studio.

I'm pretty comfortable on any set where I have something to do.

We have table reads for every episode of 'Billions.' The core cast is smaller than the core cast on 'Orange Is the New Black,' so in that sense, it has more of a theater vibe.

I'm a theater actress. I love rehearsal. I could have six weeks of rehearsal and think it's not enough. But on film, you don't get that luxury.

I like playing off strong actors, whether it's Benedict Cumberbatch or Dominic Cooper. Also I'm a hopeless romantic, so I'm fascinated by relationships.

There's nothing like working with the best actors possible, and if you have a piece of material like, 'Long Way Down' or 'Love Punch,' which allows you to play, then it's just a joy to go to work.

I love working with great actors.

It's a fascinating job, to come in and be the most interesting person in an episode. Whoever the guest star is, that's the job - to maintain the interest and the focus for that 42 minutes or whatever, and it should be a huge relief to those people that are the leads in the shows.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

I work a lot; I love to compose, ponder, and take notes when preparing for a role. I cut all the scenes, collate the images, form the character and shape its personality, then I make meticulous notes and transcribe each scene on my notebook.

There's no better training than working on a soap opera because of the amount of hours, the amount of pages you do a day are unbelievable. It's the best training I had in terms of discipline.

I'm never happier than when I'm on set.

It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it's always fun to have different parents and to create different familial dynamics than you have in your real life.

When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus.

Acting is all I know; being on a set is all I know.

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors.

I had always sort of done dramatic things, and I love them; it's my background. But when I think about 'Fresh Meat,' I just think about the cast and the crew that we had... we just had a great time.

There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.

Yes, I would love to play one of the leads in one these movies and have all those challenges and deal with all those complications, but the business being what it is, there is a slot for me in these kinds of films, so I enjoy them, and I enjoy the people that I work with.

I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.