Liv Hewson Quotes

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

For me, there's nothing more valuable as an actor, or better way to learn, than getting to perform in front of a live audience, no matter where you are. Whether it's on Broadway, in Florida, or doing a tour.

I love acting classes. I think they're great. It's like working out in the gym. It's a great place to figure out everything that's working and what isn't working.

I've never had an acting lesson in my life. I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing.

I am learning the grammar of acting on the sets. And I am happy that way.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot.

I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!

I like finding stuff that I suck at and trying to get better. So I'm taking classes, getting myself comfortable in an acting scene. You've got to work out those ticks. For instance, standing up used to be really hard for me. I act much better if I'm sitting down.

The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs above pubs. I learned to act in anonymity, so by the time people saw me, I knew what I was doing. I was crap for years, but no one saw me being crap. It's a trade you learn.

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.

Like any other actor, I draw on life experience.

I become a better actor after I step on a stage in front of, like, 500 people when it's just me, a microphone and my guitar. You don't get as nervous walking into a room in front of 3 or 4 people and to do a scene or to walk on a set. You gain confidence.

I think if you're an actor, then you can work on stage - but if you've never done it before, you're going to have picked up a few things that you're going to need to change when you're working on stage.

On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.

In theater, the wellspring of the character comes from the doing of it, like a trial by fire, but in front of an audience.

From an actor's point of view, if you are watching something, and you see improv, you know it. Because of your experience, you just bloody know that wasn't written.

I'd always dabbled in acting.

I don't think film actors need training, really.

I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.