Stacey Farber Quotes

It's not an understatement to say that I owe everything as an actor to 'Merlin.' It was pretty much my first job, and I didn't know what I was doing for many years on it. It wasn't until the third and fourth series - the fourth series especially - that I really found my feet with the character, and as an actress.

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

'As the World Turns' was such a great experience and such a great school for me. It was better than any class I could have ever taken.

I've been on 'Hollyoaks' since I was 15, and I've grown up on the show. I'm so very fortunate to be given the opportunity to learn my craft in such a fantastic environment.

The biggest reason for me to take up Naagin 4' was that I have never attempted something like this.

A career in acting, it's a learning process.

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal.

I think every role you do prepares you for the next one. Of course, 'Nashville' has been, and will continue to be, a huge learning experience for me as an actor. It's something that I grew a lot doing.

My first real acting job was 'Skins' at eighteen years old, and I just kind of grew into myself in those two years; I would have done terribly if I'd have got that job at sixteen.

Igby was a really good opportunity for me to grow up. The cast was great.

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

One of the best things - and something I'm grateful for every time I walk onto a film set - is my six and a half years on Dawson's Creek and the experience it afforded me in how to get comfortable with the camera.

I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor.

I really had the best time on 'Mad Men.' It was a wonderful place for me, because I never went to an acting school or anything like that, so 'Mad Men' was kind of my training.

My collaboration with Sally Potter on a small movie, 'Yes,' was very special to me. It helped my growth as an actor.

I want to do only such films which will help me grow as an actor.

I want to attack and to lead my life with vigor, but I'm in the watching stage at the moment. Younger actors feel pressure to bring a pop to every scene; as the roles get bigger, I'm finding you can add layers and do less scene-to-scene.

I like to think of myself as an actress, I think of going through all of the films as my kind of film academy, the way that I've learnt.

I've tried most of my career to transform myself towards characters.

As an actor, throughout three years, I've become more comfortable within my own skin and confident.

Well, it was very interesting to play a character and stretch it over such a long time - 12 episodes. I had never done a TV show before, so week to week it was unclear what we would be asked to do.

Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.

I didn't act professionally before going to drama school. I don't know if I had the confidence. I didn't think I'd get in when I first auditioned for drama school, and then I did.

Acting and singing on 'One Tree Hill' was definitely one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I didn't even know I could act until I auditioned at the casting call for the part of Mia.