Jennifer Stone Quotes

As an actor, you're always looking for, what do I get to do? It's not just what do I say, but what do I do, too.

Acting is very immediate.

Actors know one thing: If you're left just with words, you're in trouble.

I thought acting was just going on and remembering all of one's lines.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

Obviously, doing TV and doing theater are completely different because they're two totally different mediums. On stage, you worry about your voice and how you move physically. On TV, something like an eye twitch is what they could be looking for from you because it's so contained.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

Acting takes so much energy.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

That's the difference between working on film and working in a play. In a play, you work on it, and you live in it and develop it and make it happen.

An actor works with their soul and their thought.

Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action.

Sometimes I'm doing a big movie, or sometimes I'm doing a TV show, but as an actor, it's almost the same thing for me. If I'm doing action, or comedy, or something more heartfelt, it's a different approach, but it's all acting for me.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

As an actor, you can do everything. I grew up in the theater, and you could do a musical, a comedy, a tragedy.

I use my hands a lot while acting.

As an actor, you want convince the audience that you can do different things. So, if I have to run in slow motion, I am more than happy to romance.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

When on the set of a film, you have to play natural for entire scenes in a very unnatural environment. You have to express emotions and interact with other actors and also use your voice.

For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at!

I just want the actors to put their faith in the language. Just let the words do the work.