Kieran Culkin Quotes

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned.

Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine.

I learned how to act working in TV.

I haven't studied acting formally, so my 'university' was watching a lot cinema.

Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

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.

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.

I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.

I started taking acting classes when I was twelve.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

I didn't go to acting school.

Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.

Acting has been very useful to me.

The great thing about acting is that, until you're dead, you can do it. There are aspects to it that as time goes on you hope you get better at, and there are a lot of things that I'm excited to explore.

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

I never went to drama school, but I did learn a couple of things along the way.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.