Albert Brooks Quotes

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

I'd always wanted to be an actress, and suddenly I knew that learning to control my facial muscles was one of the best assets I could have as a performer.

Actors put ourselves in awkward positions all the time.

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.

I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

I can speak to actors in their terms. Knowing I was an actor, they relax. You can have the best shot in the world - but, at the center of it, you still need a good performance.

I love acting, every job is a dream job when you're an actor. I'd like to do eventually more film work and to collaborate with the best actors and directors in film.

With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.

As an actor, you strive to show versatility.

I want to challenge myself as an actor.

I'm still learning and trying to become a better actor. I still feel insecurity.

There's so much to learn as an actor.

I trust my directors to see me through, for I don't consider myself as a natural actor - or a good one at that.

It certainly helps, I think, with some actors to understand the process of acting. You see what extraordinary pressure they're under, there's a huge circus dedicated to a particular moment and they're got to deliver and it can help that you, even if empathetically alone, understand what they're doing.

I really miss the rehearsal process of theater.

I lack confidence as an actor.

One of the joys about acting is researching.

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but you've got a lot of downtime as well.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.

The actor already comes with emotions to the scene: fear, the fear of being in front of the camera. It is this fear that spurs the emotion of the scene. I too am afraid; I don't know exactly what I am searching for. On the set, we are all participating in this fear together.