Ron Silver Quotes

I think a lot of good actors - for instance, Gary Sinise - have no training. His training was really entirely on his feet. I suppose you have to have an instinct for it.

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

I think to be a good actor you need either a good experience of life or education, or both.

The difference between great actors and the rest of us isn't simply that they know how to make more out of less, but that, like lions at the watering hole, they will always take more than their share from the pool of available resources - extra air from the room, added knowledge from our faces.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.

Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.

I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.

I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.

You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor.

I've been acting since I was a kid, so I just feel confident in the fact that I can do it to some degree. I've never thought I was amazing; I've just thought, 'I know this, I can do it.'

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.

Acting is one of those things that anybody can do because no one can learn it, but only a few people can really do because it's nothing you can learn.

I feel that I am a good actor.

I think musicians oftentimes have the right skill set to be good actors. And with Rihanna, I noticed her and knew of her obviously, and was very taken with her charisma and her confidence.

I've really had good luck working with younger actors. Every younger actor that I have worked with has always been really on top of their game and fascinating to watch.

A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. It's important to alternate between the two activities.

To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when you're on your own.

I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for it.

I want to show audiences I can act.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.

Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine.