Alec Baldwin Quotes

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.

I'm kind of thinking that I might start trying to do some acting. I really enjoy role play.

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.

I was always a character actress.

I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.

One thing I've really never had a problem with was memorizing lines. Most of the time I don't memorize the lines until we're on the set shooting the scene.

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I have been acting since I was thirteen.

This acting was very hard work.

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

Nobody is a perfect actor.

If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

So I just play the character, I play the lines.

As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.