Sean Baker Quotes

I was in a movie called 'Flirting With Disaster' with Ben Stiller. I realized that I am really not a good actor and not something I wanted to pursue.

Singing and composing come naturally to me, but acting does not. I have worked at it and attended several workshops to learn the craft.

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.

I'm a technician whose efforts go into hiding my limitations as an actor.

When I made my debut as an actor in 'Rock On!' I was confident to get in front of the camera.

I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be.

An actor is only merchandise.

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

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!

I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.

My education was doing good plays and also stinkers. When you do a stinker, you learn how to act. I like having to audition. It's nice to do rehearsals. But it's with an audience that you get to love it!

I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going to have picked up a few things that you're going to need to change when you're working on stage.

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

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.

I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.

There were two auditions for 'The Social Network,' one with Aaron Sorkin and one with David Fincher. I was a nervous wreck. I was like, 'Okay, how do I hold the paper without my hands making it shake?'

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

I'm not a solid enough actor to have techniques.

So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.

I always thought I was a pretty terrible actor.

Just getting auditions was rough. But also just learning how to act - when I did my first role, in a film I did which was a favour to a friend, I realised I was really bad at it.

I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?'