Bill Camp Quotes

A lot of actors, we aren't that special; you get a well-written scene, and it's virtually actor-proof.

An actor has to act irrespective of the camera or location.

You have to do real acting, not just do a voice.

You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.

I grew up in Georgia, and I started acting in plays when I was like eight years old, and I always memorized everyone's parts, not just my own, and I always memorized everyone's blocking. Whenever anyone wasn't there, I would always jump in. I was very hands-on.

The role of an actor is to make every character believable.

Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.

Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally.

Acting has to do with saying it as if you meant it, so for me the words are always very important. It's very important for me to know my lines, know them so well that I don't have to think about them.

I hope I'm always convincing when I act!

An actor has to embody a role.

I feel that I am a good actor.

The best actors do not let the wheels show.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

As an actor, you know there are things you get asked to do that you do quite well, with less effort.

Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.

I walk into a scene, and I do the scene. That's my job. I don't have an objective. I have the words, and I have whoever I'm playing with.

I enjoy acting when you really hit it right.

It's eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great actors. There's nothing else to it.

At the end of the day, an actor has to just play what's in front of him.

There's a rhythm and a cadence in a scene, and when an actor understands without any real direction from you, then that's a very valuable gift. And some people get it, and some people don't.

Performance is one thing which has to be good because you're an actor.

I never had an acting lesson.