Ariel Winter Quotes

I really take acting seriously.

I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid.

In the acting world, you can really only become good by practicing and doing it, and I just think every time you walk onto a set you just become better and better. I think I'm in a totally different space than I was back then on that first movie set.

If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance.

I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on any method.

I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.

I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.

When I go to sleep, I want to know that I have experimented as an actor, and I am constantly seeking to evolve.

I was amazed by the kind of preparation Hollywood actors do for their roles.

I'm one of those actors who finds the part in the wardrobe.

I really admire actors who have time, because time is really the greatest luxury for an actor to live with a character, to develop a walk and a talk, or to listen to tape if you're playing a real character. But without time you're really just forced to make quick choices and move on and hope that the spaghetti sticks against the wall.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I just love to act. I like to get away, totally play a different character, someone you can get really involved in knowing. I've gotten really involved in some characters and written down little summaries of where they live and what their families are like.

I think sometimes I'm more fond of doing the research for the character because you learn so much. Sometimes shooting is really difficult because you wake up early and you're always hurrying. And sometimes I don't know what I'm doing. I'm here and there.

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.

I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft. If you love being a detective and discovering who a character is and the detail of how they walk and what kind of shoes they wear and what did they do yesterday and what's important to them. I definitely advise actors to learn about the craft.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

On paper, actors are the dumbest group of individuals essentially out there. Most of us have not gone to college. However, we never stop learning. Because of what we do, we're constantly researching, constantly learning.

Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion.