Joey Diaz Quotes

There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.

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 know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid to be on a set, pretending to be other people is fun.

I never went to school to study acting, so I'm doing this purely on feeling, and I give it my all.

I love acting. I'm definitely working on all things acting.

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

I spent a lot of years just learning my craft and falling down in front of the camera.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.

I'm an actor. Whether I'm on stage, in front of a camera or a microphone, what I do is the same - although with videogames it requires a lot of imagination.

My parents couldn't afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every drama interest I could. When I was 15 or 16 I did drama courses.

I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.

If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.

I'm a craftsman. I'm an actor.

I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.

When you're an actor, actually, you shouldn't come up with too many ideas.

I think there's a lot of mythos about what's required in acting.

Auditioning and actually acting on a set are two different things. When you audition, you're in a room and you don't have anything to play with and you don't have anything physically in the room. Whereas on set, you have direction, you have costumes, and you have other actors to work with. It's a completely different thing.

I'd always dabbled in acting.