Acting on Instinct Quotes

I've never had a plan, I've always done things from instinct.

Sometimes when you're going fast, your instincts can be very useful.

I tend to sort of dive into things without worrying about risk or anything. Like, when I get an idea, I tend to just go for it and see what happens.

I'm flying by the seat of my pants, never creating with a thought to what's up ahead!

I told everyone I would never be an actor. People used to tell me, 'Hey, you got a good look. You should try.' And I was like, 'Nah. That's not me.' And then, the moment I tried it, I found I loved it more than anything in the world, and that taught me a lesson. That is, just go for it.

I'm very impulsive and I always had a belief in instinct leading the way.

Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing.

Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

There is no shame in impulse.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

If an idea or opportunity strikes organically, I would do it.

I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

I don't really plan. I'm almost intuitive about things.

I shoot from the hip.

Scenes change all the time. Scenes will change while you're shooting them, and you just have to roll with it 'cause that's what makes it funny. It's not being stuck in your character and how you're gonna do something, but to react to other people and to really have a real-life conversation.

I kind of connected the dots, like, 'Oh, we're just saying stuff. We're just saying things that make sense, so let's just say them like you say them in real life.' It was my first and one of my only acting lessons 'cause I never really studied acting.

You shouldn't have asked," I said. "Love doesn't ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. It's an inexplicable fear; it's difficult even to describe it. Maybe it's the fear of being scorned, of not being accepted, or of breaking the spell. It's ridiculous, but that's the way it is. That's why you don't ask-you act. As you've said many times, you have to take risks.

I'm not a big planner; I decide by intuition.

Usually I'm a very instinctive fighter.

I work instinctively. If I like something, I do it.

I don't overthink things.

Maybe it's stupidity, but you just gotta jump into things. That's how I've gone through life.

I go by my instincts. It's whatever I feel in the scene in the moment.