Valeria Golino Quotes

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun. I feel like that could even help me with modeling, because in a way you have to act.

This art of acting is a process I love very much. It's an unbelievably fulfilling experience for me and I look forward to building upon my art in the years to come.

I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things.

I want to challenge myself as an actor.

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

As an actor, you create your own ideas.

Since I was a child, I've been playing children. When I was little, I was the kid that you'd hire to do the reading or workshop of your new material.

As an actor, you keep learning. There's no end to it.

In the beginning, it was quite challenging because I had zero acting experience, and delivering dialogues was the most difficult thing for me to do. But after I began to act, I grew as an artiste.

You have to have a lot of skills when you act; you might not have it when you start, but you definitely end up with a few skills along the way.

I am not a trained actor. My real learning began on the sets.

As an actor, one should be open to all kinds of roles.

Working with a full Hollywood team has been an awesome learning experience, and I definitely want to pursue acting more.

When I was in college, it was on the recommendation of a friend of mine. He recommended that I take an acting class, and so I kind of did. I was very open to feedback and open to suggestions. I had a little bit of space in my schedule, and I guess, as the story goes, I went into an acting class, and I kind of got the bug for it.

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

You learn an incredible amount doing theatre, not just about to behave.

I just enjoy acting, whatever area - theatre, film, television.

When I was in my freshman year at college I took some acting classes and found that I fell in love with it again.

I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything.

I'm just an actor, that's nothing special.

I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.