Denis Lavant Quotes

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.

I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.

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

I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned.

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.

I haven't studied acting formally, so my 'university' was watching a lot cinema.

I don't believe that you can learn acting in a classroom.

Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it.

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.

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.

The foundation for film acting is stage acting.

I never went to drama school.

My dad teaches me. He teaches me everything. He's been acting for over 30 years, so he knows a lot.

I learned how to act working in TV.

As a good actor, I think you need to know camera, dubbing etc.

I went to acting school. I went to college for acting.

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

People keep asking me where I learnt acting. And I say that there is no special school for acting or drama where you can go and learn.

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

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

I didn't study acting.

Watching a good actor is the best way to learn.

The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.

Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.

'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.