Ophelia Lovibond Quotes

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

I was lucky enough to be able to grow and mature in a natural way as an actress.

Well, with each character that I play in my life as an actor, I try to figure out how to find the challenge.

I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor.

I pray and try every day to be a better actor.

I'm still trying to figure myself out as an actor.

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.

The last movie I did, I was very lucky: I got to work with probably the best actor of our era, Billy Bob Thornton. He's just incredible. I was like a sponge: I soaked up everything he had to say.

The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

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.

In acting, you draw so much on your private life.

People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me.

I've always considered myself a character actor. That's the way I was trained, really.

You can't follow another actor's performance. You can't be Robert DeNiro, because you're not Robert DeNiro, and, you know, he is.

You never know the depth of an actor.

I've never felt acting just happened to me. It's always been a part of my life, and I - hopefully, I'll prove that with every project of mine.

I'm fascinated with acting now. In retrospect, I was only beginning to chip off the tip of the iceberg with how far I can go or what I was exploring inside of me that I hadn't touched in a while as far as emotional headspaces.

I found myself sort of becoming a character actor, though I don't know if that would be my natural makeup.

It's a great experience as an actor to just work loads all the time. Constantly getting through material.

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

I love acting... I really do. I love crawling into another character's skin. That's something that I've always, always, always, always wanted.

'Angus' was my first real film, but I had been acting for about 3 threes before that as well.

The worst acting is about imitation.