Michaela Watkins Quotes

Now when I say Sophie Ellis-Bextor I feel that's not really me because that's become this entity from doing the gigs and the shows and the make-up contracts and whatever else.

I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.

I'm not particularly good at 'celebrity'; I don't think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I've never been one for the red carpet and don't put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous.

I see myself as an entertainer.

Most actors and actresses are performative as people.

Politics is a lot like acting. You have to be on all the time.

For me, there's no dichotomy between being shy or a performer, because I think it's more a way of slightly presenting a version of things to the world.

I'm not good at doing show business; I'm a theatre person. I don't reveal anything about my life.

I never wanted to perform and never proclaimed myself to be a performer.

As a baseball player, you know the commodity you're selling, but with acting, you wonder, 'What the hell am I doing that is so hot?'

I definitely have a stage persona. I don't walk around scowling at people too often.

My acting is atrocious, to say the least. But I've found that it's not acting that people are concerned about, it's your presence.

A lot of acting requires you to be a charming version of yourself.

To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.

When I'm on stage I become a different beast.

I know myself so well. So I know if I'm not confident in the play, it's not going to be a good play.

Actresses cannot have any inhibitions while portraying bold characters. It is something that we learn on the first page of the book on acting.

I always thought I'd be good at musicals, and it turns out I make up for my lack of skill with enthusiasm.

I have to audition for everything; there is no Mrs. Robbie Williams free pass, and because I'm working with British actors everyone is so polite - no one mentions Robbie.

Giving auditions is a great exercise. They will provide you with a script, and you prepare in 10 minutes. And you perform in front of 100 other people.

I talked to friends who are actors and who do Shakespeare loads, and they all said 'learn it so that your family wants to clobber you, they're so bored.' You can never relax, that's the problem, because when you do, a bit of Shakespeare comes up to bite your cheeky behind. It just does, if you're not really focused on it.

I'm very reserved when I get off stage.

There is a healthy amount of self-doubt and criticism with most people that make music. You find your areas that are your best. Onstage, I am good. But talking to someone in the grocery store? Forget about it.

As long as I don't go onstage completely normal and then jump into character onstage, I assume that most fans would be able to accept me as the creator. I can comment on the work the same way a director would on his movie.

After six years of doing it, the weird thing on 'Towie' is that we can't explain to people that we're famous. We're doing a show where we have to act like normal people.