Seth Numrich Quotes

My acting coach I've got here, Richard Lawson, he's been doing good, just telling me to calm down sometimes and just be me.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.

Every audition is different, but I get incredibly nervous and insecure and worked up for however long I have to prep - that's when I get to spin. But you're not allowed to spin once you enter the room. Doubt really can't enter the room when you're auditioning - unless it's part of the character.

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

What I learned is that acting is to a large extent about trying to stave off self-doubt long enough to be natural and real onstage.

Confidence is the greatest gift for an actor.

If you've been in drama school for eight years, you've got teachers in your head all the time.

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it's just me, a microphone and my guitar. You don't get as nervous walking into a room in front of 3 or 4 people and to do a scene or to walk on a set. You gain confidence.

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If you haven't learnt how to make a fool of yourself, you shouldn't be on the boards. That's absolutely what it's all about.

To be honest, there are so many things I learned in acting school beyond the method; it was a safe place to practice. So acting school was about exercising that acting muscle and doing it every single day - and having people tell you that you're bad every single day! Which pushes you to work even harder.

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.

I took theatre and stuff in college, then I took a bunch of different acting classes here in L.A. Sometimes when I have a hard audition, I'll call my acting coach and he'll come help me. I actually get more nervous in acting class than I do at an actual audition. It's actually a really great way to get over your nerves.

What's beautiful about the actual acting class environment is that you can use it to push through everything: push your voice, push your inhibitions, push your fears, push your confidence, push your vulnerability, push your silences.

I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce the words you're saying.

I feel no terror when I'm acting. There's no tension. It's just a part.

As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist.

I'm still learning and trying to become a better actor. I still feel insecurity.

As an actor, I trust my ear.

It took many years of acting classes to get even remotely comfortable, but that's OK. It helped me so much on a personal level, not to mention professionally.

I went to theater school where there is a lot of holding each other's faces and crying, and a lot of kid gloves.