Michelle Trachtenberg Quotes

I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural to me. So I don't take it for granted... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted.

I want to keep bettering myself as an actor and singer.

I just used to go to the same auditions with all these other kids I went to school with. I didn't feel like I was really good at acting. I didn't feel like I was a really talented person that needed to be doing this.

I know a lot of actors don't like to watch themselves and sometimes I don't, but generally I do because I like to just see if there's anything that I can change in the future or make better or anything like that.

You are what you know, as an actor, so you gotta try to know as much as you possibly can.

The smartest and most successful people I know are the people who are constantly evolving, always learning. It does not end with school.

I see each project as an opportunity to grow as a person and as an actor.

As an actor, it's really important for me to improve my work, and I take criticism in a positive sense.

I think there are some people who have talent flying out of their fingers and other actors who hone their craft. I am an actor who found their way. I bettered myself throughout my career, and I am proud of that fact.

I learn everything with my every film. If we stop learning, we would stop growing as an actor.

I think the things that I learned that stick with me are things you often repeat, even today, which is never stop learning.

Between acting jobs, I'd go visit my hometown and college town to see family and friends. But I would also teach acting, dance, singing, and audition techniques in high schools and colleges. I take great pride in all the survival jobs I worked, because I learned so much from them.

I think if you stop learning, there's not much point, and so I always hope to be challenged. That's the beauty of this job.

One of the things I love about acting is that there is always scope for growth.

My main goal for taking up acting as a profession was to show that sport or MMA teaches you life skills that can be applied to any profession in the world.

I absolutely adore singing, and I hope I'll always be able to sing, but you can grow more and challenge yourself more as an actor.

I'm so much more gratified by my life now that I have an expertise. I wake up every day thinking about a fairly small set of scientific questions all related to the psychology of achievement, and I'll never get bored of those questions. That's something I couldn't say to you when I was 22 or 25 or probably even 31.

I auditioned for quite a lot of films. I do not wish to name the films I auditioned for. There were times when I knew I would not be fit for this film, or I would not get this film. Still, I used to audition for it just to get experience... to practice.

If you're doing things that you don't want to be doing or you're working with people who aren't making you better and you're not learning, if things aren't challenging you, you could be wasting your time. You might be making some money, but you might not be improving as an actor.

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

Some of the actors that I love most have challenged themselves throughout their entire career. That's my goal.

I've been fortunate to meet and work with a lot of really smart people. The thing that strikes me most about them is how they continue to explore and learn every day. I have tried to apply that approach in my modest career as well.

A ham is simply any actor who has not been successful in repressing his natural instincts.

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

Every project you do, you hope you learn something more as an actor.