Daniel Espinosa Quotes

I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening.

Once I sign up for a film, I just go by the director's instructions.

Acting is fun, but directing is very stressful.

Whenever I get to work with great actors, I'm happy.

As a child, I always thought about big screen and even played in a amateur theatrical studio.

A show is like it's own thing... it's a creation from so many people's talent and so much energy.

Music should be fun. If it's not fun, then you're going to get burned out; you're not going to give the best show.

When you got a great cast around you, it makes the story easier to tell, to be honest.

I am beyond excited to be working with the BBC as part of the cast of 'Thirteen.'

I played on anger for the first 15 years of my career.

The whole process of filmmaking can be chaotic, but if you can have an enthusiastic cast, you're pretty much there.

Money is not a driving force for me when it comes to my passion: that is, dramas and films.

While accepting a film, my co-star is my last priority.

As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.

I actually have a theater company called Strangemen & Co. I'm the artistic director and co-founder.

Yes, I would surely like to work with Neha in a family oriented or a romantic-comedy, or in any Punjabi film.

When you go to set, they just go, 'OK, let's see what you guys do!' The camera moves around what you initially feel.

There's so much control of the audience's experience when you're on stage doing a play, whereas when working on camera, there's a lot of people that have to do a lot of things exactly right for anything that I do to matter at all.

The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed.

It takes a damn village to get a show on Broadway!

All the characters play an important role. For me, as an actor, for my character to come out so beautifully, I would give all the credit to my co-actors, directors and writers.

It's hard for me to interact with players who don't give themselves completely. The weak don't interest me.

Taking a role in a drama series takes a lot of energy, as new episode must be made every week.

Actors betray. Technicians don't. Movies are made by technicians.

People need to understand that whatever they see us saying on screen, we are not doing it on our own.