Esme Creed-Miles Quotes

An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances.

I have just gained a deeper and deeper respect for acting and the whole art of it because you're really trying to live a life and to do the best justification for it.

It's not what you see on-screen that makes a performance. It's the things you should never know about - it's the secrets.

I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring.

Even if an actor might not nail the moves in a way than a stunt person might, I wanted to bring the character of 'Hanna' into everything that she did.

For me, actors have to have a character, an aura, body language. They're not models. They used to call actors models. But I want them to participate in the film.

I knew it was going to be important that if I had an audience understand who she was, then all those things had to come from a place that was grounded, as opposed to being tics and manners and twitches. I didn't think it was going to be as rich, perhaps, as if I was going to make it more emotional.

A lot of times, you're not necessarily off the page because you haven't been able to take the time to prepare a character. It's very easy to find even great actors reading it more like a reading. Things aren't really coming alive yet, even though you know they will.

I'm a full-contact actor, meaning that I love to act in my toes and in my fingers, and I just try to keep it surprising.

As actors, when we keep working every day, after a point of time, we just know all our emotional cards and how to play them.

The fundamental job of the actor is to tell about the human condition, to be a voice for the truest ideas and deepest emotions.

If I had to say the secret recipe for acting melodrama, I think it comes from myself in real life. I have a belief that when I do melo scenes, I try to make them less cheesy.

It was very difficult acting. I feel it is a very tough job to portray someone else's character and to behave like that on screen.

I like doing stuff that is sad or angry. It's a challenge, because you're doing a mix of scenes and you're making a person.

As an actor, my body is my tool to flesh out the roles I play.

If it's a 50-seat theater, I am neurotic about whether I'm doing an honest performance. Sometimes I walk away happy enough with it. You know, it can always be better, but sometimes I'll walk away distraught, feeling like I missed the pulse of the character that evening.

I'll make every movement as mine, and use stuntmen as less as possible.

I am trained in theatre, and so I take time to study and get into the skin of a character.

Every actor wants to show a good and deep range, so you look at all the elements here, and you make a conscious choice of where you want to go as a performer.

I think as an actor, you have to make yourself vulnerable to emotions.

I'm a lot more focused on character development and showing more of my character's emotions and persona inside the ring rather than just going move after move after move.

I don't know acting, but I choose good stories and portray emotions according to the story.

I insist on doing all my own film stunts, although they are often worked out in advance by a stunt man who then advises me on the best and safest method of performing it.

When you do action stuff and sci-fi stuff, you have a lot to hide behind - the hair and the makeup and the special effects. But when you play a normal girl, it's challenging because you have to trust yourself.

I would ask to tweak stuff during the action, because I thought Elektra would more likely express herself with a slap, for example. I wanted to keep the characteristics of my character even during the fights and express the violence as she would do it, not like somebody else would.