Denholm Elliott Quotes

An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays.

I'm just an instinctive actress, I've never had a lesson in my life.

I want to be an actor who always tries the best regardless of roles.

Work for the actor lies essentially in two areas: the ability to consistently create reality and the ability to express that reality.

You can find a connection with any Shakespeare role you play.

I was born a character actor.

My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When the wolf knocked on my door, I refused to get up and answer it because, to me, he was knocking the wrong way. I just lay there, snoring away on stage, fully immersed in my character. My dad turned to my mom and said: 'Dustin Hoffman.'

I just don't understand why more actors aren't artists.

Our job is to unleash the play. It's not just about your character or interaction with the other characters. There's an energy in all good plays which you have to find. And that is part and parcel of ensuring that an audience gets what it's about.

There is a drama queen in me, as I love acting, and I used to stand in front of the mirror and act since my childhood.

When I watch an actress say a line, I watch how they deliver the lines with gestures.

Acting in particular is a fun job when you have a good script. I don't know about acting when you don't have a great script. I'm gonna say that's not a great job, it's kind of a dumb job. But when you have a good part in a good script, it's the best job, in a way.

If I was playing Carrie, I might have done differently but I felt like as my character. I mean, I'm definitely bringing myself to the role but I wanted to pay homage. I hope I did. We'll see.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

I always like to try to bring whatever I can to what is on the page, so I like to find as much dimension as I can, in each role.

It’s more than just saying lines and turning the light on. You have to drive the story - there’s a technical aspect.

I'm a thespian. I don't like to improv. I don't like to go off course 'cause I think that's where stuff happens. When you stick to the material 'cause it's written so well, that's where the magic happens.

Acting is so much fun. It is a different ball game and I want to concentrate on that at the moment. I'm really passionate about what I do. I love entertainment and telling stories to people and I am very lucky that I am doing what I want to do.

I stick to the script, I memorize the lines, cause life is movie that I've seen too many times.

I knew how to act and had studied acting and enjoyed it, but I'd never pushed myself to really perform as an actor, and create a role, and have the whole character's backstory.

I know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life.

In the story, I think as an actor you're just trying to fit into the world.

People watch me when I get into these characters that I have in my head, so perhaps I should try acting. So I did.

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.

To be a good actor you really have to want to act first.