Mark Wahlberg Quotes

Working with Adrien Brody was like going to Julliard, but instead of four years, I went for four weeks. He was like the Albert Einstein of professors, it was just the best experience of my life. Adrien was the most influential mentor in my acting career thus far, and even after the movie he continues to mentor me.

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is.

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis - huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.

Sometimes I feel like my normal approach to roles has been, 'I want to be more complex, dynamic.'

I am a director's actress in general - I depend a lot on them.

I grew as an actor just by watching Kamal Haasan acting. I had the good fortune of being able to observe Kamal Haasan from close quarters.

I never do any research for my roles.

There's so much hocus-pocus about acting styles; there's too much mysticism attached to it. But it's a craft like any other - it's something you have to work hard at.

Because I didn't go to drama school, I didn't start in the business with any toolbox apart from enthusiasm and instinct. I'd throw everything at a part and sometimes realise that I had hit my limits.

Working with a great actor is really educational.

As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work.

There are two schools of thought: There are those actors who explain to you that they know exactly how they're going to do the part... And then there is the other method, which is to have no method at all. This is mine.

I had an acting coach while I was doing the show and every week I could see my work improving. I really liked working on the show because I was learning new things every day.

I'm always interested with other actors in what their process is, and are they still interested in acting, as opposed to being a star.

I'm not a method actor; I hope you know that!

I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.

I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

As an actor, I have to be fulfilled in the roles that I play; it has to be a journey for me to learn something or involve myself.

I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors.

I try to allow the spirit of the character to live through me. That's the only way I know how to approach acting. I have to live it.

I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are the faces of the show, and so you feel sort of secondary, but I love actors because they elevate the material; they make it better.

I am a really writer-oriented actor.

Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea, or in the middle of the rehearsal or the scene they'll let it loose and you go, 'Ah that's great.'