Chris Burke Quotes

I don't remember ever not knowing about acting.

And I've been taking acting classes since I was 7.

You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

Subliminally, I had always wanted to act. Although I had only performed in a couple of plays, I was serious about it and was subsequently trained by people like Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.

If you really want to act, I say get in class. Every kind of class. Put as many tools in that tool belt, because once you get out there, the real world doesn't sugarcoat much!

One of my daughters wants to act, but none of them sing - well, one of them sings but she's got some ways to go. I love her acting. I'm actually trying to put her in some classes and everything so she can learn the art of acting. I don't want her to get no parts because her dad is Ginuwine. I want her to earn it.

The young actors coming out of the Universities are well trained.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

I trained in Texas at Nikki Pederson Talent Academy.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

I was not a trained actor.

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but you've got a lot of downtime as well.

I was living in Florida working as a model and got my first acting job there in the movie 'Wild Things.' I thought it was sort of cool and decided to do some training.

I was born a character actor.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

Becoming an actress takes a lot longer than being a star. I don't want to be a star. I want to be an actress. I want to build a career.

I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.

My acting career began when I walked into a drama school class run by Anna Scher in Islington. Anna discovered a lot of people: Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke, Gary and Martin Kemp, and Dexter Fletcher were among my contemporaries.

Regardless of what level the actor's at, you always learn something. And you can learn something from bad actors as well, who I've also worked with in the past.

Some of the best dramatic actors have started in comedy.

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.

I would advise anyone seriously interested in acting to study, train, and work as much as possible... You will know soon enough if it's the right avenue for you.

I've been acting since I was 9, but in college I entered the drama program, and I didn't excel at it at all, kind of for the first time.