Bennett Miller Quotes

The most vital thing for an actor to deliver a great performance is to be honest to the role he or she is playing.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.

Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.

As an actor, when you're winning the moment over, there's a truth to your intention. You might laugh at it or you might cry at it, but I think your visceral reaction to it is a reaction to the truth of the moment.

With acting, you have to just tell the truth in each moment.

I am a natural actor. I try to keep it spontaneous as far as possible. That is my mantra.

If I sit quietly in a corner waiting for the camera to roll, it doesn't mean that I am aloof and cut off from people. It could be that I am thinking about the shot or going over my lines.

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience.

I'm an actor, and I keep observing people and their reactions to figure out what they are thinking. There's only so much you can do on your own, so you have to keep learning. Art imitates life.

My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.

I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.

I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.

As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage.

The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

When you drop your guard in films, the acting process compensates. You get lazy and you start acting.

I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

Drama is not hard for me. It just didn't seem hard.

To put on a performance, you have to be emotional. You can't be a zombie.