Kristin Kreuk Quotes

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

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

To be honest, I never went to school for acting, and I never learned to break down a script. I took acting classes my whole life, but they never taught me anything about acting. They just taught me about myself.

I'm grateful to be in school developing my practice as an actor. In that process, it's difficult to say that you've definitively 'learned' something.

Any skill requires training. I took the corporate approach to acting and wanted to develop the necessary skills.

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

'Hollyoaks' is where I learnt a lot of the craft, being in front of a camera six days a week. That's certainly an experience you don't get in drama school. It invites you to be comfortable in front of the camera.

My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.

I trained in Toronto with a private acting teacher, who was wonderful, for years growing up.

Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience.

My acting coach makes the impossible accessible.

I had gone to acting school for years. It was the kind of thing I had studied to do. I had worked with good coaches and trained to do this my whole life: to be a realistic actress capable of doing truthful work.

I learned how to act working in TV.

As far as I'm concerned, the best acting class is life.

I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist.

I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

Because I didn't go to drama school, I didn't start in the business with any toolbox apart from enthusiasm and instinct. I'd throw everything at a part and sometimes realise that I had hit my limits.

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

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

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

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.

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.

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

On paper, actors are the dumbest group of individuals essentially out there. Most of us have not gone to college. However, we never stop learning. Because of what we do, we're constantly researching, constantly learning.