Carrie Coon Quotes

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

As an actor, my body is my tool to flesh out the roles I play.

A live audience with live reactions feeds a different sort of acting that will then inform your film work, and vice versa.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

I was very conscious of the actor; watched what he did.

As actors, you do have to be aware of your audience. You can't act in a vacuum, even if that audience isn't exactly present with you.

Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to be muscular, challenging, get audiences on side. It's extraordinary how Globe audiences join in - it's like competing at an event - I love it.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

Acting is always a challenge.

Acting is a mysterious process.

So what's so enticing about doing a play is that you get to do that thing that got you into acting in the first place... There's a real attraction to being able to play, to just play. And that's something that theater affords you.

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

In film, you're always using your tools, your body, your voice, your emotions, but onstage, you use them in a different way.

Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.

One of the things I'm always reminded of when I'm back on stage is how much you have to be aware of and in control of. There is no tight shot. There is no 'we're only shoulders-up this time.' No, from the top of your head to your pinky toe, you're telegraphing part of the story the entire time you're up there.

I assume the body language no matter what in doing voiceover. There is a transformative aspect.

Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.

There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation.

When I started studying acting, I was enamoured of actors who used movement to enhance the language.

The single most important thing in learning my craft was being on the stage.

I don't get bored at all while acting.

To be a good actor, you need to be able to emote with your body.

If you are a musician, you practise your instrument every day, but actors can't be on a set every day. Theatre is a way for me to keep practising my art form.

In theater acting, you leave that night and what it was is what it was.