Jack Levine Quotes

It's very good for me to remember what actors go through.

Learning lines is my biggest challenge.

People assume that acting is an easy job. When you actually do it, you know how hard that is.

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.

Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.

As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.

I try to be a good, diligent actor.

As an actor, you have to have your history.

So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.

Being an actor is not like any other job. It's not easy.

I really respect actors much more now that I am one because I realise what hard work goes into being part of the industry.

It's hard; this business of acting is hard.

When I'm doing a play like 'Betrayal,' I have to be careful not to get stimulation overload.

Acting is the most difficult job in the world.

As an actor, I go with the flow.

Acting is always hard.

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

You have to like the characters you play.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.