Ashish Sharma Quotes

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

I never like to sit and discuss my character, the other character, our relationship, or anything like that. I feel like if I did my job and I trust that the other person has done theirs, you just go on set, play around with it, chew the scene for a little bit; then we roll, and that's it.

Improv acting is not just saying the lines but connecting with the other actor.

There is only so much you can do if you're pulling weight and there's nobody there to play off of. You can't have those beautiful moments with new actors who are so worried about everything else but the moment.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

Anyone who has been given the gift of being opposite an actor who gives and gives, it just makes you better.

Actors are always looking for the eyes of the other actors because you need help and you need connection.

You try to work with the director and your fellow actors to get somewhere, but other people are the judge of whether you hit that note right.

I like doing a lot of research, and then you get there, you're in wardrobe, and then you're just reacting to what the other person is doing. The other actor is reacting to what you're doing, and it's this great back and forth. Because you've done all this research, you can use some of it or throw a lot of it out. You can get lost in it.

I walk into a scene, and I do the scene. That's my job. I don't have an objective. I have the words, and I have whoever I'm playing with.

In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching.

To me, acting is like tennis. You're only as good as the person you're playing with, so if you're playing with Michael C. Hall, what do you have to worry about?

My background with Cummings was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, but Tuesday liked to walk in and do the scene. I must say that she was really wonderful. Aggravating, but wonderful.

Actors don't need a lot of talk beyond the first few sentences. They may say they don't draw on their own life, but all actors do.

I've learned 90 percent of what I know from watching and listening to actors. A good leading actor is the rock of the show. Their energy and their tone really sets the groundwork for how everything is going to work. I've been lucky to deal with stars who are very giving and generous.

Acting has always been very comfortable for me, so it allows me to pay attention to other parts of the process literally while I'm acting.

You cannot sit at home at act. You need a story, a director, you need people to believe in you, to put you through that journey. It is not something you can attain within yourself.

For me, the more talented the actor is that I'm working with, the easier my job is because the circumstances of a scene are easier to believe when the people around you are in the moment just as much as you are.

I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

I get very competitive, mostly in acting though. When I'm going out for a role or something, that's when I really get very territorial about things.