Hunter Schafer Quotes

One of the things I'm always reminded of when I'm back on stage is how much you have to be aware of and in control of. There is no tight shot. There is no 'we're only shoulders-up this time.' No, from the top of your head to your pinky toe, you're telegraphing part of the story the entire time you're up there.

I can't act without music very well.

Acting is great. You spend your whole life trying to get it right.

Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.

As an actor, I draw from myself.

As an actress, I'm drawn to emotion and expressing the human condition in all its forms, and I'm fortunate to have thoughts and feelings at my fingertips.

In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.

I'm in the studio for hours in that tiny little box, and really, the performing part is what I'm most excited about.

In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.

In order to represent life on the stage, we must rub elbows with life, live ourselves.

Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is the best thing. But at other times, you have to make that leap beyond the immediate environment of people putting up lights on the set.

With a theatre audience there's always the additional sense of a sustained challenge of which I'm acutely aware and for which you need to have the tools ready - your voice, physicality, brain.

There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation.

When you're always onstage, you really have to focus on listening and reacting.

When I discovered drama, I felt a connection.

I think, like most actors, it's really exciting to be challenged.

When I'm acting, I do what I'm supposed to do.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like to do, even though it may sound like work to some people - and it probably is work.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.