Alan Clark Quotes

I'm being myself when the camera is rolling.

Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.

I don't really like 'acting' - I like things to feel as natural as possible.

When actors are the real deal, all that star whatever goes right out the window and you're there to tell a story.

I really don't act. I just live what George and I are doing. It has to make some sort of sense to me, or it won't ring true. No matter what the script says, there's no audience and no footlights and no camera for me. There's no make-believe. It's for real.

I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to make people laugh, or you have to be true to the character in such a way that makes people laugh. It's a whole different thing.

My parents were real people. They didn't put on airs or false faces. They were what they were.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.

Class clowns become actors.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.

The word 'theatrical' makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.

It's a crazy - crazy - amount of talent on 'Smash.'

I'm not a theatrics guy who does things for effect. Whatever comes out is what I feel. It just comes out.

I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.

In drama you can either pretend everything is OK, or you can show the world as it really is in the hope that it gets better.

Just be yourself. As an actor, you pretend all day - that's what the job calls for. So, when it comes to my personal life, a woman who keeps it real is a breath of fresh air.

I like to do comedy, but I'll be perfectly honest, I prefer to do drama and more character-driven-based stuff, generally.

I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.

I live a very real life.

Why should we change on stage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way.

My whole act is off the top of my head.

I want people to see a real person on the ice. I want to seem tangible, hard-working, passionate about my skating, not just going out and doing something I've rehearsed a million times.

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.