John Wayne Quotes

The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.

I actually never got in a play in school. My teacher said I never learned my lines.

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

Acting can be very solitary, even if you're in a scene with someone else, because you worry about your own performance and if you look good.

The two things an actor dreads most are children and dogs.

People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.

It's very good for me to remember what actors go through.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

The frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you've prepared for two months.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

As an actor you have one great fear: pimples!

I did Shakespeare in college, and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.' I want to get the dialogue just spot-on.

Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.

My mother asks when I will do some theatre, and there is something about getting your 15 minute call. That is what you become an actor for - performing in front of people and getting the love from the audience.

I like auditioning! A lot of people hate it, but I like it.

I always thought acting was all lights, camera, action. It's a job; you have to do your job correctly.

The play is on top of me all the time, and I am constantly thinking about it. Even when I leave the theatre, I'll mumble the lines to myself or think about the way the character walks or holds himself.

Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean, we have to be larger than life. Worse, I've seen actors acting off the sets, too.

As an actress, there's nothing worse than not knowing your cues.

You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.

I'm not a very good actor.

In the past, I've done some covering. My first show in New York, I covered three guys in 'Jersey Boys.' I think it was always something that was helpful for keeping my head on straight.

Let's just say I like acting, but not necessarily all the stuff that comes with it.

It's fun finding your way to the performance instead of coming in and hoping to God you're impressing the director - and hoping you're delivering the lines right with no treatment beforehand.