Marie Windsor Quotes

Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte; I didn't know what I was doing, and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.

This acting was very hard work.

Learning lines is my biggest challenge.

I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor - the day in and day out of it.

I have learnt to become patient as an actor.

Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold.

Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was helpful for those times that you have a script and you have a few days to prepare it, to really work on sides. But the auditions I was doing in New York, if you got it the night before, you were very lucky.

I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.

The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.

When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.

To be honest, there are so many things I learned in acting school beyond the method; it was a safe place to practice. So acting school was about exercising that acting muscle and doing it every single day - and having people tell you that you're bad every single day! Which pushes you to work even harder.

I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.

Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while.

One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.

As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.

I took theatre and stuff in college, then I took a bunch of different acting classes here in L.A. Sometimes when I have a hard audition, I'll call my acting coach and he'll come help me. I actually get more nervous in acting class than I do at an actual audition. It's actually a really great way to get over your nerves.

I love acting classes. I think they're great. It's like working out in the gym. It's a great place to figure out everything that's working and what isn't working.

As an actor, the only pressure I have is to just be truthful and to do my best work.

Now that I'm acting, I've realized that I don't have a lot of barriers. Certain actors have a hard time with anger or with joy or with whatever, and, I don't know, I don't seem to have those barriers.

I'm still learning and trying to become a better actor. I still feel insecurity.

As an actor, I trust my ear.