Elodie Yung Quotes

After my 12th standard, I started preparing for the film industry. I've had no formal acting training.

Any time you're in front of a camera and have them yell 'Cut, re-shoot the scene,' are you kidding me? That's a huge advantage.

By the time I got to the Fox studio for my first major film, I knew how to hit a mark. I knew how to memorize lines. I knew how to pay attention.

I was very comfortable on the set of 'Lost'. I was so nervous when I went on to the set because I had just watched all the 'Lost' episodes. I was, like, a fan. A big fan.

Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.

I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie.

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

The thing I hated about it was that you live in your trailer all the time and then they call you and you do maybe two dozen lines. Then they do that for three hours and you wait and wait and wait, and I don't like waiting.

We rehearsed our 'Scarface' to the nines. Long period of rehearsal, so that by the time we started to shoot, it was almost like doing a play. We all had a grand time doing it. It was a wonderful cast.

I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.

As an actor, I love the feeling of being on set and the camaraderie of working on something together.

I'm just so used to music videos or live TV, so to really see something that's scripted and you have to do it over and over again to get every angle - it's fascinating to me. I would love to do a little acting.

When I was in film institute, stage plays were compulsory part of our training.

When I was a bit younger, I did this tiny role on 'The Musketeers,' and I had to stay dead.

Acting is completely different from the standup world. You have these 12- or 14-hour days, but you have a great time doing it. It's like hanging out with your friends.

Yes, I faced camera for the first time for '18th Cross.' It was a great experience for me to be part of a film after working in some television serials.

When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

Within a few weeks of coming back from filming 'Lemonade Mouth,' I got these scripts, and 'Terra Nova' was the one that stuck out. I was like, 'Oh my gosh'.

In 2005, I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in 'Felicity: An American Girl Adventure.' I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set.

It was quite natural - the first day I got to the set I was really nervous, but I loved the whole experience.

I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.

When somebody says, 'Action,' I act. When they say, 'Cut,' that's my job. I've done it.