Jill Scott Quotes

I just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done.

I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.

I would like to go on that path of evolving into a better actor.

There are two kinds of actors -- one sits in a dressing room waiting for his call and the other gets out into the business and polishes his craft by absorbing everything. I don't know enough, I'll never learn everything I need to learn. When a guy thinks he's already learned it, he can only go backwards.

I've been in front of the camera a million times as a musician, and even directed a few music videos. So, I know a lot about spacing, focus, blocking, etcetera. So, acting isn't totally new for me. Still, I find it fascinating, because you actually get to be another person.

I think actor is one of those jobs where you don't stop learning, even if you have a career longer than my little five years! You're meeting new people all the time, so you might as well just be a sponge and take everybody's input and style as a bit of a lesson.

I've never worked with an acting coach, no.

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

As an actor, I don't feel like it's necessary to watch a great deal of films. In fact, I think it can lead to imitation and unhealthy competition, which just isn't needed.

I started doing roles and working with people that I really respected and became passionate about the art form of acting. And I'm still trying to figure it out. Still learning.

You get better as an actor over time if you're growing. Like singers.

My goal as an actor is to grow and try different things.

Acting is doing. The more you do, the more you learn. Work begets work.

If I want to do the kind of work that I like to act in, I need to open my mind to it.

I'm just trying to keep my head above water as I learn how to act. I feel like I have so much to learn, it's insane. The only thing I know is that I don't know or have a grasp on anything other than this one thing that's within me, whatever that is, so I'm just trying to trust that.

I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.

I feel like any time you, as an actor, can be surrounded by other amazing actors, you can't do anything but grow.

I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor.

My modus operandi is to become a better actor.

I select good scripts, and every role is an opportunity to enhance my histrionic skills.

If you're a musician, you can practice your guitar every day and write songs, but when you're an actor, you can't just like burst into a monologue. Your only exercise is when you're in prep or you're working.

Eventually, if something pops up, that's cool, but I still wanna continue the process of learning how to be a good actor.

I'll never approach a part in the same way again. Piaf taught me so much. In terms of my work, I think I'll enjoy it even more than before, because now I know that characters truly exist in their own right. I'll have a way to bring them even more intensely to life.

Movie actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting.

As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.