Jonathan Majors Quotes

For me, it was much more important to continue to learn my craft as an actor and get a bit of flesh on the bones.

I know some actors feel classes are not cool or they create negative public relations, but I continue to crave the story just beyond my reach. To grasp that brass ring I need to continue to fine-tune my talents.

I got into acting classes. I didn't want to just go by luck.

Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.

No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.

I just want to continue to learn as an actor and as a person.

As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor.

I believe that you become a better actor only when you work with people far better than you are.

As an actor, it's really important for me to improve my work, and I take criticism in a positive sense.

When you're surrounded by brilliant actors, and teachers who challenge you to go beyond what you thought you were capable of, that's got to be good for you.

I want to keep bettering myself as an actor and singer.

I will become a more mature actor and it's one of my dreams to teach acting as well.

I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.

I'm the type of actor that, if I'm not filming something, I'm in class.

My acting teacher in high school was really influential, and we still keep in touch.

I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

Anytime I met an actor, I just attacked them and said, 'How did you do this?' Eventually, I began to realize that you went to school for it. I wasn't a bright kid, so it took me a long time to figure that out.

I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.

I've not taken like acting lessons or anything but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do.

A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather than how to say something.

One of the reasons why I went to the Yale School of Drama is because I felt that I was acting off of instinct, but sometimes that is not reliable. When you're not feeling it, what do you do? So, going to grad school was about getting the tools to just use my instrument to the best of my ability.

I don't think once you book a part you should stop going to class. I think you should constantly remind yourself that you're working and that you're working on getting better.

I've had teachers that inspired me, yes. I think teachers play a really important role in people's lives. I had one teacher in particular who helped me through high school and really instilled a confidence in me by just holding me up to a standard I wasn't holding myself up to.

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.