Michael Keaton Quotes

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

I've done films where we don't rehearse, and I've done films where we heavily rehearse. I like rehearsals.

I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.

I was shooting for 'Maaya' when I got a call from John Abraham's office. They told me about the film and asked if I could audition. But since I was shooting, I recorded my audition and sent them the tapes. The next thing I know, I was on board.

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

When on the set of a film, you have to play natural for entire scenes in a very unnatural environment. You have to express emotions and interact with other actors and also use your voice.

I've worked with actors who were very helpful and a lot better than I was.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

Obviously, I play a villain in 'Downton Abbey'. As an actor, you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect.

That's the great thing about being an actor, you get to try out lots of things for your roles.

I just arrive, they hand me a script and say, do it.

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

Acting is all I know; being on a set is all I know.

For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.

In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film.

I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors.

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

I love working with actors. That's what the set really is, for me. It's my time with the actors.

I guess I've been training in the theater for as long as I can remember.

I walk into a scene, and I do the scene. That's my job. I don't have an objective. I have the words, and I have whoever I'm playing with.

But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part.