Taylor Louderman Quotes

I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was really little. Yeah, it was fun. And actually, Felicity Huffman played my mom.

I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it.

When I entered the pros, I was a young kid in the major leagues. I was 18 years old, right out of high school. I thought I knew everything, and I clearly didn't.

Because I didn't go to drama school, I didn't start in the business with any toolbox apart from enthusiasm and instinct. I'd throw everything at a part and sometimes realise that I had hit my limits.

I just wrapped this movie called 'The Wedding Crashers' which was a pretty big break for me.

I just did one movie and there was no career for me, anyway.

I had never done any serious acting before, but I decided that it was a chance that I should take.

Obviously, I've been on sets before but nothing as big as 'Twilight.' You forget sometimes that you're on set of one of the biggest movies ever- so when you just sit back and think about it its just so incredible. It's such a great learning experience.

I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to find out what I'm like as an actor without a camera on my face.

After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.

I really have been trying to get in movies with smaller parts, just to get myself in there and get more practice, and not have to take the big lead. In 'Dylan Dog' I was one of the co-stars, and I had a pretty good part in that movie.

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun. I feel like that could even help me with modeling, because in a way you have to act.

For basically two years, I took acting classes and found my own stride in L.A.

I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

I think that 'Degrassi' really challenged its actors. I was on it for seven years, and it was one of my first jobs. I can't even watch the early episodes - they're so embarrassing! But I really do think I grew as an actor and learned a lot over the seven years.

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 started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then.

Just getting auditions was rough. But also just learning how to act - when I did my first role, in a film I did which was a favour to a friend, I realised I was really bad at it.

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

When I did 'Clockers,' I didn't even think about having a career in acting, I just thought, 'Wow, this is cool. I get to do a little movie.'

I didn't know anything about acting at all. I was completely green. I got into it to meet people, to try and figure out what I wanted to do.

When I started my career on TV, I never knew how my role or character was going to shape up or turn out to be. It was a challenging role for me and I learnt a lot from my senior actors.

I am not a trained actor. My real learning began on the sets.