Laura Prepon Quotes

Inspiration can come from anywhere. But I do love actors. I wish I could drop a bunch of names, but there are just too many.

I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors.

I always loved theater and acting in plays and directing, writing little plays and directing friends in plays.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.

There are so many young talented actors today whose work I respect and admire - Ryan Gosling is probably primary among them. I take inspiration from so many amazing actors.

There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moments like that really did impact on me and influence me.

We are entertainers. We're trying to entertain people.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

What I've learned in my career as an actor is that you're only as good as your collaborators. The process is many things, but it is wholly collaborative, particularly with something like 'Westworld,' which is a 10-episode-per-season gig, and we're just now on the 7th episode.

If I feel the role is not going to demand anything out of me, I don't do it. Either it has to be a terrific role, or the director has to be someone I am dying to work with. Or the costar has to be someone I really look up to.

Once you turn on the camera, making a movie is making a movie. I don't care if it's $9 million dollars or $50 million dollars. You have bigger toys, bigger set, actors who are better paid, but once you turn on the camera, it's director and performance, and I don't find a big difference.

When I'm in the audience of Broadway shows, I feel like I'm in the presence of something really special with artists working at the height of their craft and doing the best work that they possibly can.

Getting to work with Edie Falco and watching her be a quiet presence - but a very powerful presence - and so brilliant and free? That was the first person I saw where I was like, 'I want to emulate that.'

There are so many talented actors in my contemporaries and my seniors... I seek inspiration from each one of them.

Movies and acting are so much fun. I love playing different characters and doing different genres. It's all still very interesting to me.

Acting isn't a profession, it's a way of living.

You can bring truth to anything, whether it's a dance movie or an incredibly poignant indie drama or a really broad comedy. As long as you show up to play, I don't think you can go wrong.

Dancing is a part of my life where when I don't dance I feel like there's something missing because I'm such a physical person who loves to express myself through dance, but I love to act. I love to sing. I love to entertain so if I'm passionate about a certain project, I wanna do it.

The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.

Acting is like playing, while directing is really fun, sort of like an orgy.

I always wanted to do a movie, because I love the movies. They give you a chance to have an intimacy with your audience that is different from stand up. With movies, you can bring the audience in with a close up, and emote in a different way.