Mike O'Brien Quotes

I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

On paper, actors are the dumbest group of individuals essentially out there. Most of us have not gone to college. However, we never stop learning. Because of what we do, we're constantly researching, constantly learning.

There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.

Acting is a growing tick muscle. I really believe that it's similar to being a musician in that the more you practice it in any capacity, as much as you practice doing it every day, the better you get.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.

I don't have actor training myself.

I've always known from the beginning of my acting career that you only get an acting job if you've got something to learn about it. If you don't do it well, you'll be condemned to doing the same role over and over and over again. If you do it mediocre, you'll have to do it again.

Modeling is great because I don't have lines to memorize. But I find acting much more challenging - which is a good thing!

I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities to rehearse. And it's important to rehearse, because it gives you the possibility to try things which are not good!

I don't think I do that much to prepare for roles in general.

There are so many people that say they are actors and they don't spend for 5 minutes a day working on their craft. You need to train and need to take classes to keep your tools sharp. I'm always in class, whether it's theater or drama workshops.

I always treat all the jobs I do as an acting class.

I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me.

I love the art of acting, so whether I do it on film with a million people seeing me or I do it in front of 20 people in a class showcasing my art, I am going to act whether anyone sees it or everyone sees it.

Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.

You can't learn how to act; you can only really learn it through experience and practice and really finding what your voice is and what you want to be as an actor.