Kali Hawk Quotes

I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays.

I have a coach, but I'm not theater-trained or a technical 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 do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

I think sometimes soap acting gets an unfair label for being bad and over the top. The lessons I learned there were so valuable. Seeing yourself every day on television, you learned what worked and didn't work, what was bad acting and what wasn't. Memorizing scripts became second nature.

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.

The least amount of info actors get, the better. Actors are always like, 'What is my motivation for this?' You didn't write it. Just say the lines.

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 took theatre and stuff in college, then I took a bunch of different acting classes here in L.A. Sometimes when I have a hard audition, I'll call my acting coach and he'll come help me. I actually get more nervous in acting class than I do at an actual audition. It's actually a really great way to get over your nerves.

What's beautiful about the actual acting class environment is that you can use it to push through everything: push your voice, push your inhibitions, push your fears, push your confidence, push your vulnerability, push your silences.

The rehearsal time is almost my favourite part of being an actress, particularly if you're working on a play that hasn't been done before.

To be honest, I never went to school for acting, and I never learned to break down a script. I took acting classes my whole life, but they never taught me anything about acting. They just taught me about myself.

As an actor, you tend to draw on your human instincts and your background, what you've gone through as an individual.

I've - to be honest with you, I've never had an acting lesson. But I've been at drama school for 50 years.

I had never really acted before, so I really didn't know what I was doing. The casting director for 'Euphoria' set me up with an acting coach in New York, and he completely flipped my world around. The way you learn to utilize your brain and your emotions really freaked me out.

Naseer Sir taught me while I was a student at the Film and Television Institute of India. Anything I know about acting is thanks to him.

I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist.

I personally take cues directly from the script, then I like to surprise the other actors. But you must maintain control on a level and see how far you can go up, down or out emotionally. You have to balance the craft with spontaneity.

I think in any form of acting, you're always well served if you've done theater.

I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada.

It's always a mystery when you're going into a role - 'Here's your wife of 40 years and... action!' How do you create ease or chemistry or whatever is supposed to exist?

I started going to acting school in my senior year in high school, and I remained in acting school through four years of college.

I like working one-on-one with someone, and I think that to go to a school of acting isn't really my thing.