Natasha Leggero Quotes

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

As an actress, emotions are my business, my stock-in-trade. As such, I've dealt with them nearly all my life.

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.

To be an actor, a true actor, you have to be brokenhearted.

All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.

Playing King George, for me, was a lesson in stillness and timing.

I stand in the mirror, look at the plays and try to say them to myself to get ready for the next day.

Acting is the most difficult job in the world.

Actors are all different. They're not all volatile. Some are sweet, some are volatile, but what is fundamentally in there is something that has to be paid attention to, in that they are, I would say, needy.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

For me, acting is doing.

In the end, I'm an actor. I'm paid for what I bring to the screen.

I think basically an actor is a salesman.

Reading great dialogue as an actor is such a rare privilege.

With acting, you might have a month of very intense work, but you've got a lot of downtime as well.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

I got started as an actress doing musical theater, and I always loved 'Grease' and 'West Side Story,' and all those kind of movies.

People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.

I'm not, like, Daniel Day Lewis. Yet. I will get there!

I would love to play Bobby in 'Company.' Also, I would love to play George in 'Sunday.'

An actor has to embody a role.

As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.