Baron Vaughn Quotes

I run the Actor's Studio on the West Coast, and one of the things I say all the time to the people I teach - many of whom are acting teachers - is that an actor needs to make choices that make him present.

The last person to teach me how to act was my A-level Theatre Studies teacher at school, which I literally still draw on. Got an A!

It's not like every actor needs to train, but an actor will either develop their process through training or through working.

As an actor, you need to use everything at your disposal.

I like working one-on-one with someone, and I think that to go to a school of acting isn't really my thing.

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture.

Everyone brings their own particular skill set to the job, and acting training can work for a lot of actors, and it can't. I've seen a lot of really good actors go into acting schools and then come out a little bit corrupted.

You see people in different situations behaving in very different ways. That can only benefit you as an actor.

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.

My first acting lessons were Shakespeare. The first time I ever started working with a coach was doing scenes from 'Measure for Measure,' which were tough dramatic scenes. And then 'Taming of the Shrew,' which required comedic timing. And that's the kind of stuff I love.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.

I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor.

Some people go to acting classes to learn. I just kind of went for the dates.

I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.

All the training at MGM came to be a great help for me on 'Molly Brown.'

I learned how to act working in TV.

I love acting classes. I think they're great. It's like working out in the gym. It's a great place to figure out everything that's working and what isn't working.

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

I don't think film actors need training, really, but I needed any help I could get.

After being signed for 'Madras Cafe,' I joined Jogi Singh's acting classes, where I learned the basic nuances.

I was never in an acting school. But I learned everything on the job like memorising lines, all the technicalities of theatre, how to use your voice and eyes and more.

You can't learn acting through any classes.