Jason Statham Quotes

I am not a method actor. I would call myself a spontaneous actor.

I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.

I never really thought I was a method actor or anything like that.

Every actor comes with their own experience, method, methodology.

For better or worse, I don't necessarily categorize myself as a method actor; I'm not going to make claims that I stayed in character 24/7.

I am not into method acting.

No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is.

I wouldn't call myself a method actor, but I have my own method. I do my own research. I come up with a background for the character. I'm not a club man. I don't like isms. I've never really studied Stanislavski.

I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.

I'm not a Method person, so I'm not like in character all the time.

Every actor has a method.

I'm not a Method actress. I work in the present, the day-to-day.

I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.

My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back stories about a character and then you throw it away. So then on set, if it doesn't come, then you didn't do your work.

I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial.

I think it is very important to be a method actor.

I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.

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.

My grandfather talked about James Dean; they were both very much into method acting.

I'm not a Method actor - ask anybody.

Some actors are what I call more like mirror actors, which means that they do a performance at home in front of the mirror, and then they go deliver it. I'm not that type.

I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.