Del Close Quotes

People don't care enough. They don't get worked up enough. They don't get angry enough. They don't get passionate enough. I'd rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.

To put on a performance, you have to be emotional. You can't be a zombie.

Acting is my life. It's what I live and breathe.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.

Acting is something I'm extremely passionate about.

I don't care much about acting.

Acting is my love.

Acting is my world. Acting is my life.

...the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them.

I'd rather deal with anger than apathy.

One thing you have to have when you act is energy.

You have to have a personal connection. You have to really want to do it, because if you don't, investing yourself personally, your thoughts, your emotions, yourself into a part, is something you're not going to want to do as much.

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

I think I'm probably more passionate about acting now than when I was a kid. When I was young, I didn't know what I was doing.

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character into the room with you, you might as well not come into the room at all.

Our age is essentially one of understanding and reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm and shrewdly relapsing into repose.

Everything that you do is a challenge. And acting is just building up your concentration and being able to listen and to do the ridiculous.

Ballet has really helped me in every acting role. You have to be very disciplined, you have to be able to control your nerves and perform under pressure, and all those things you have to use in acting when you're on film or going for an audition.

If you're not passionate, you achieve mediocrity

I think for acting on stage and in film, one informs the other. Obviously, they require really different kinds of discipline and really different kinds of work. It's more along the same continuum, for me.

I will do plays as long as they're interested in having me do them. It's the biggest opportunity to learn the most about how to act. Something I discover every time I'm doing one is how little I know about acting - how important the art of listening is, and how important it is to listen with your entire body. You can tell so much of a story with stillness, and a lot of that can be from really actively listening to your scene partner.

Most actors are very deeply passionate about their line of work. I suppose there are probably people who sell insurance policies that are passionate about it, but I'm thinking the ratio is a little higher for actors. But, I may be wrong.

I can elect something I love and absorb myself in it.