Hill Harper Quotes

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

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.

I can honestly say whatever I know about acting, all of it, I learned at 'GH.'

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

My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.

The best way to study to be an actor is to interact genuinely with the people around you and observe and listen.

I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

I've not taken like acting lessons or anything but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do.

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that.

I didn't go to film school, I went to acting school.

I had gone to acting school for years. It was the kind of thing I had studied to do. I had worked with good coaches and trained to do this my whole life: to be a realistic actress capable of doing truthful work.

From an acting standpoint, when I was a kid, I thought I knew everything there was to know. As the years go by, this craft becomes more intensive as I get older. You realize how much more there is to know and to learn, and how much better you can get, if you really work at it.

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.

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

As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor.

I want to do more films because if you do a lot of films, you become a better actor.

No, I haven't taken training as such but I used to attend all those 7 day workshops before the play. Those workshops aren't so professional but it's enough to give you a good idea what acting is all about.

I would recommend any young person who wants to be an actor to go and get some training.

As far as I'm concerned, the best acting class is life.

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

Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

I would absolutely recommend for actors to start in the theater because it establishes a foundation in your craft that you can build off of.

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.

I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.

'Hollyoaks' is where I learnt a lot of the craft, being in front of a camera six days a week. That's certainly an experience you don't get in drama school. It invites you to be comfortable in front of the camera.