Hugo Weaving Quotes

I play a lot of characters where I don't even speak in my own voice. I learned about focus and I learned to trust that things can work when they're not heightened and that it's interesting when things are pared down.

Theatre gives you wings as an actor.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination.

With acting, it's like you form chemistry with different people in different ways, so it's really added even more fun to work, you know?

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

In theater, you're playing characters. You believe you're somebody else, and you're acting.

As an actor all we want to do is act and play people.

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

I didn't ever think about being an actor. But I fell in love with it when I realized how amazing, difficult, and interesting it is.

An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate with a computer.

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

What you learn in any acting class is how to make a fool of yourself and enjoy things and get out of your head.

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.

Once I'm on set, the only thing I'm really interested in is being in the room. Being present. And trusting that what I've done is sufficient, and I'm also trusting that I've also left room for magic.

My acting experience has been a benefit. What I learned from directors is how to listen to and talk with actors. I know how they think and what they need.

Know your lines; otherwise, have an open mind because you want to get lost in the moment. When you have talented actors and directors to work with, then it's pretty easy to do.

I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.

I love actors, both my parents were actors, and the work with actors is the most enjoyable part of making a film. It's important that they feel protected and are confident they won't be betrayed. When you create that atmosphere of trust, it's in the bag - the actors will do everything to satisfy you.

It's important to listen to the actor who is there on the stage and living it.