Iwan Rheon Quotes

Acting is a very artistic profession and there are thousands of people out there who think they are actors but there are very few who have real talent.

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it.

Every night you have different match-ups, and you have 82 games, so physically you are going to get tired. You have to be ready mentally to bring your energy and bring the juice every night.

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.

In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.

Improv is a very big thing for me. The thing with actors is I do not understand at all how they do what they do. I'm fascinated by it, and I have such a respect for it.

I played with Annika today. I love being paired with her. She does not make many mental mistakes, and she has the ability to repeat her swing over and over and wears people down.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend.

I don't get bored at all while acting.

It can be very thrilling being able to witness Viola Davis do her thing for hours and hours, but there are also no windows, and you're just in a room for fourteen hours trying to keep it together.

Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.

If it sounds good as you say it, likely as not it'll sound good when an actor's saying it.

To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.

A lot of actors are just like la la la - they're never really connected and then they're in the scene and then boom. They're looking you in the eyes and they're just really focused.

From an acting point of view you need to look at what you're bringing in.

When I saw my first movie, I was fine, but I thought, "Oh, my heavens. It's not about just standing there on my mark and saying these lines. I need to actually act."

In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were.

You got to constantly be in character.

When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy."

Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away.

The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?