Charlie Chaplin Quotes

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.

There is a drama queen in me, as I love acting, and I used to stand in front of the mirror and act since my childhood.

I know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life.

I actually think it's helped me as a writer to have to act. It's only when you actually start putting yourself out that you appreciate the anxiety that comes with having to try to sell a line, or with trying to own a character.

Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the things in your life that you need to sacrifice to get the best out of yourself artistically.

I definitely want to continue acting and performing.

I've done a lot of acting. I'm not saying I'm the greatest, but I'd love to act, I'd love to sing.

I always wanted to act. I am very passionate about the art. So when I got the opportunity, I was more than happy.

I've been in front of the camera a million times as a musician, and even directed a few music videos. So, I know a lot about spacing, focus, blocking, etcetera. So, acting isn't totally new for me. Still, I find it fascinating, because you actually get to be another person.

What I like about theatre is the responsibility you have with your character.

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.

To be a good actor you really have to want to act first.

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.

I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.

I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.

I've always had an itch for acting and a passion for acting, but never really got to dabble into it too much, and now I can say I'm officially an acrtress.

The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well.

With acting, there are a lot of subtleties and non-verbals involved. If someone is over there, getting eaten by a shark, there's a non-verbal way of how to act that. There's a certain nuance to acting that does not come intuitively to me. It's something I still have to learn.

I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

Acting is the developing of one's own personality, too, you know. That's what the public buys in a star, shall we say, the personality thing.

I realized that I was a really, really terrible actor. I was like, "I'd better be myself."

I asked a girl who came from America to England, when I was only English, and she admitted she had been to a drama school. And I said, "What did they teach you?" And she said, "They taught me to be a candle burning in an empty room." I'm happy to say she was laughing while she said it, but she meant it. I've never learned to be a candle burning in an empty room. So I go on the screen, and I say whatever I'm told to say.

Movie acting is harder than doing a play. You have to be entertaining but completely natural, like Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant. They weren't doing anything. Do you have any idea how hard that is? That's how good they were. It's crazy hard to be convincing and real. It's the most subtle, hardest thing there is.

I love actors. Part of that is my theater background and being a writer who cares about performance. Actors have usually chosen their profession because they have a dream of doing it and they want to express something about the world. That's the same thing that I have with writing. Most of the good actors get into it for those reason, rather than for reasons of fame or fortune, or anything like that, and that's where I'm coming from, as a storyteller.

Working on camera is a different ballgame in the sense that it's far more intimate work, but the basics and the foundations of being able to create something that isn't necessarily your own instincts - is a character that you have inside your head - whether you're talking about television or film or theater, that still has to be the grounding work.