John Cho Quotes

Acting is just being a man. Being human. Not forcing it.

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.

I like method actors who don't focus on the glamorous side, but on realistic acting.

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them.

All I've ever tried to do is play real people.

Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes it doesn't look as if I'm doing that.

When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.

Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.

I don't really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don't have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training.

I'm more interested in knowing my cues than my lines. If you know what your cues are, then you know what your reaction is going to be to them. Acting is about reacting, and if I can kind of purely react, that's easier for me.

'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.

I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me.

I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.

If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive.

In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.

On stage you need to emphasize every emotion. But on screen you need to tone everything down and make it believable.

I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.

Each action of the actor on the stage should be the visible concomitant of his thoughts.

If I have anything to offer as an actor, it's only my ability to make the person real.

I tend to play more true-to-life characters in real situations.

If a critic doesn't think I can act, it's because I'm not acting. That's me - and that's the way I act.

My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance?