Y'lan Noel Quotes

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

I would like to portray something that would challenge the actor in me.

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.

Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.

People think memorizing lines is hard, when that's the last thing you worry about. You get that done, and then you've got to worry about the internal stuff, which is the challenging part.

Well every moment, every project is different. I took a very slow approach to acting, trying to really work with people I could learn from. And I got something different out of each experience.

All actors bring something unexpected to the role because they have to translate what's on the page and make a real character out of the black-and-white text that's there in the script.

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.

I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.

I try to steal from the best. Suck it all in. 'Taxi Driver' is really a bible for film actors, a master class. A lot of emotional power, a lot of emotional depth but it's contained and you just see the tip of the iceberg.

As an actor, you are in a unique position because you're not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself.

I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I love old school acting. I love subtlety, and I also love being spontaneous, and that's really what works for me.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is.

Any good production team is going to allow an actor to breathe life into the characters - that's why they hired that woman, that man, whatever the case.

I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.

As an actor, you work to the script: that's our main priority. But you have to be aware and look around for things that help you bring that little bit extra, that touch of realism that rams the point home.

I think the best dramatic actors know how to tap into their character's humor.

Being a good actor is sort of understanding the complexity of the human psyche and also knowing that we are none of us perfect.