Robert De Niro Quotes

There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn.

Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.

I stopped modeling so I could go to drama school at the William Esper Studio. It's Meisner.

I was not a trained actor.

I'm an actor. I was trained by Stella Adler, one of the greatest teachers of the world. I was 19 years old, and she frightened me to death. I was her houseboy for a while.

In Jaipur, I did almost everything from regional theatre to Shakespeare's plays. But when I shifted to Mumbai, I joined Anupam Kher's academy, Actor Prepares, to hone my acting skills.

I'm the type of actor that, if I'm not filming something, I'm in class.

As I got older, I would study privately with some coaches. Then I found Lee Strasberg, which I loved.

Anytime I met an actor, I just attacked them and said, 'How did you do this?' Eventually, I began to realize that you went to school for it. I wasn't a bright kid, so it took me a long time to figure that out.

I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler.

I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.

I would probably go so far as to say that I couldn't act before I met Richard Ayoade.

I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, 'How do I get to be a serious actor?'

I'd studied acting in New York when I left Pierre - that was the big thing that I did. I worked very hard at it, actually.

I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada.

I trained in Texas at Nikki Pederson Talent Academy.

I got into acting classes. I didn't want to just go by luck.

The thing about me is I have a great little acting school. I teach about 125 students.

Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained.

Kylie and I were both taking piano lessons at the time and didn't think of acting. A friend rang mum up and said, 'How about bringing Kylie and Danielle in because they might be right for the part?'

I enjoyed acting at school and went to an acting workshop for kids in Nottingham. It was twice a week after school and free to go to - ITV subsidised it. Every now and again, a casting director would turn up. 'Peak Practice' became a rite of passage for us. It was the first job I had.

I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the Actors Studio.

I recommend doing some sort of acting class, something that can eventually get you in front of an agent or a manager, and practice is very important.

A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the craft for granted and wanna just wake up and be an actor.

I loved New York. I made enough money and studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, which was my first formal training.