Rod Taylor Quotes

My modus operandi is to become a better actor.

I love acting classes. I think they're great. It's like working out in the gym. It's a great place to figure out everything that's working and what isn't working.

I'm taking my time with the acting and learning as I go.

I'm not the best actor I can be, so I'm just working on it. I'm not the quickest reader in the world but when I get an acting book I can read it in two days.

My ambition is to get better as an actor.

I don't think once you book a part you should stop going to class. I think you should constantly remind yourself that you're working and that you're working on getting better.

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.

When I first started out, I was a bad actor.

I'm still learning and trying to become a better actor. I still feel insecurity.

I got into acting classes. I didn't want to just go by luck.

In the acting world, you can really only become good by practicing and doing it, and I just think every time you walk onto a set you just become better and better. I think I'm in a totally different space than I was back then on that first movie set.

I've had probably way too many acting classes, and you try to sort of shed - I think over a period of time, you'll shed what doesn't stick with you, and you'll hang onto those things that do.

Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it.

I want to challenge myself as an actor.

It took many years of acting classes to get even remotely comfortable, but that's OK. It helped me so much on a personal level, not to mention professionally.

I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.

I am looking at acting in a different way now. I always looked at it as equity to build the other things I was doing; now, I consider it a career.

I will become a more mature actor and it's one of my dreams to teach acting as well.

After I began to explore what an actor actually is, I studied for three years before I had the guts to go on an audition.

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun. I feel like that could even help me with modeling, because in a way you have to act.