John Gilpin Quotes

As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

Actors are investigators.

With any character I do, I do my due diligence with research.

I'm an actor of the theater.

When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

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

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden Boy' - it's so exhilarating. I'd personally love to perform the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's 'The Zoo Story.' He's a transient, lost soul, and an example of humanity at its rawest.

I think every actor should go back and do theater periodically.

I figure out who I'm playing opposite, and I really do study them.

Getting all dressed up and putting on fancy clothes - all of that's a great thing, but oddly, it doesn't really have a lot to do with acting most of the time.

I am a really writer-oriented actor.

A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater.

I'm an actor, coming from New York theater.

Acting is all about finding the truth within whatever world you're in.

I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.

You're not going to learn about acting on TV and in film. You'll learn more in plays and in class.

I'm dying to do a Sam Shepard play. 'Curse of the Starving Class,' 'Buried Child,' 'True West,' 'Cowboy Mouth,' 'Fool for Love' - I'll do any of them.

The most vital thing for an actor to deliver a great performance is to be honest to the role he or she is playing.

For me, rehearsal is only about blocking and pacing; it's not about performance.

When an actor decides to play a character, he must exude some sort of charisma and look relatable, even if he is playing the role of a really unattractive person.

I'm always studying actors and movies. You can never not do your homework.