Genndy Tartakovsky Quotes

Weirdly enough, I don't like to pretend. I try to use things in me, and translate them into the situation and the characters, so it always needs to run through my own veins.

The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it.

I know what I like in other actors: truth. That's the best. It makes you say, 'OK, I'll go with you on this.'

Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.

You just have to make sure you're writing about something that's true. It has to be honest and it has to have a real emotion behind it, regardless of where it's coming from.

You want to be honest with a character and play it truthfully, and you want to be genuine with your character.

I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little bit like me.

Acting means nothing unless it's truth. And honesty.

At the end of the day, my sole goal, when I go into any scene, is to try to be as honest as I possibly can, and then everything else is second. The most important thing for me is to just be as honest as I possibly can.

All I've ever tried to do is play real people.

People can sense when someone is fake or real on TV.

You have to believe what you say, and if you believe what you are saying, then acting is easy.

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

The most important thing in acting is honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.

I'm genuine and people can believe what I say.

The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it.

I like to have the impression that whatever is happening is true.

Acting is perception, and as long as I'm honest with myself in my work, someone will appreciate it.

Acting is all about finding the truth within whatever world you're in.

The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.

You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.

We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.