Frankie Avalon Quotes

I trained in Texas at Nikki Pederson Talent Academy.

The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students.

For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person.

When I was 15, 16, I studied with Stella Adler at the Conservatory of Acting, then I stopped again and went to the Actors Studio when I was 18.

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

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.

I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.

My acting career began when I walked into a drama school class run by Anna Scher in Islington. Anna discovered a lot of people: Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke, Gary and Martin Kemp, and Dexter Fletcher were among my contemporaries.

I didn't really take a lot of any on-camera classes or anything like that. I really just threw all of my energy into auditioning, and I know that I basically just did things based on feedback that I would get.

I want to challenge myself as an actor.

I only want to be a versatile actor.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

And I've been taking acting classes since I was 7.

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.

I enjoyed acting at school and went to an acting workshop for kids in Nottingham. It was twice a week after school and free to go to - ITV subsidised it. Every now and again, a casting director would turn up. 'Peak Practice' became a rite of passage for us. It was the first job I had.

Do I have any potential as an actor? I don't know. I'm still wondering. But acting has kind of taken over.

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.

I recommend doing some sort of acting class, something that can eventually get you in front of an agent or a manager, and practice is very important.

I'm just like James Stewart, because I never studied to be an actor.

When I first started, I would go to Weist-Barron, and I studied with Rita Litton and ACTeen. For teenagers, it's a really, really great school. We did a lot of on-camera stuff, so you see yourself and what you do on camera.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I'm an actor. I was trained by Stella Adler, one of the greatest teachers of the world. I was 19 years old, and she frightened me to death. I was her houseboy for a while.