Ruth Negga Quotes

I'm not a competitor by nature, and I'm certainly not used to being evaluated.

My biggest fantasy as an actor is to be in situations that make me uncomfortable and force me out of my comfort zone.

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

I think my game measures up pretty well to myself.

The only reason I signed on for a speech and drama course was because I thought it would be easy, but as soon as I stepped on the stage, I thought, 'This is exactly where I belong.'

My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.

How you ever gonna know if you're the best? How you ever gonna know what you believe in, if you don't put it to the test?

As I got older, I auditioned for drama school and shocked myself by getting in.

I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.

My school friends thought I was outgoing and bubbly, but that masked a lot of insecurities, and maybe that's the reason I chose drama - to build a bit of self-confidence. I had a great teacher, and I won a few speech and drama competitions and just fell in love with it.

Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing.

To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.

There's nothing worse - I don't like listening to actors talk about the process, especially when - I mean, for me I've played a lot of guys, dudes, boys in a sense and this was a challenge for me just to play that official character.

As an actor, you're always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis.

I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would've been nice to have a few more years to find out what I'm like as an actor without a camera on my face.

I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

I would like to think that I'm more different from my character than I am.

I've realized that I can do performances.

There is always pressure playing a real living person and even pressure developing a character from scratch.

I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform.

I think everyone should take an acting class. It's like therapy because you get to learn a lot about yourself if it's the right teacher. You're putting yourself up there in front of people, and it takes a lot of the intimidation of everyday away.

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.

Actors are always looking for actor-proof parts. A part so good you can't screw it up!

I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.