Acting Routine Quotes

The makeup [for Count Olaf] took about two and a half hours every morning. The meditation was another hour and a half. I would eat a big breakfast - that was probably 45 minutes. And then it was lunch.

I've gotten pretty good at leaving characters on the set. I go home and try to relax and regroup and be ready for the next day.

When I was doing 'A Raisin in the Sun' with Sean Combs, we began in bed, and he would give me 10 kisses and an 11th for luck before the play began.

As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.

My make-up call as Cassie on 'Unforgotten' is 45 minutes, and on 'The Split', it's considerably longer. They have to do your hair and your make-up. On 'Unforgotten,' I'm in and out, and I don't have to worry about how I sit for the whole day so as not to crease the clothes.

It's a luxurious complaint to have as an actor, but playing the same character for many years can become routine.

I usually mug up my Telugu dialogues much before going to the sets every day.

Many times good actors I have known in New York accept series. I tune in at the beginning of the new season and think 'He's really working.' But six months later, if I tune in again, the actor is on a treadmill, grinding it out as best he can, and he can't help it.

I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.

Normally, when you do a movie, you have those mundane days when it's like, 'Today is the scene where I get coffee.'

I like to be in character a good few hours before I arrive for filming.

I've certainly said I don't want to do any more bad guys, then I sit and don't do anything for a while and then think, "Okay, one more."

I just learn my lines, go on set. Do my preparation, whatever that is. Have a cup of coffee. Say hello to everyone. And be friendly. "Action" - and then do it.

On 'Skins,' we only ever filmed for a couple of months in the summer. When I wasn't on set, I was doing my normal things.

When I'm filming, I try to get a facial two weeks before I start shooting and then again once I've wrapped. On set they tend to use a lot of make-up, so I like to prepare my skin right before, and then unclog all my pores right after.

When you're doing that TV thing, you're doing the same thing for years and years. You can fall into bad habits as an actor and I think it can take a toll on your ability to act, which I think is scary.

I guess I'm used to TV where we don't really rehearse. You block it out, and then you just start shooting.

Kissing in films, it's just another thing you have to do. It kind of becomes as technical as how to open a door, really.

I don't want to say the same lines every night.

For me, as an actor, one of the biggest fears on a TV show is getting stuck in something where you end up feeling like you're doing the same thing, every single year.

Acting in a sitcom or a comedy movie is like a comedy routine with the setups.

It gets monotonous for an actor to repeat roles.

For me, I need to listen to music in the morning, and after, it's kind of like a shower, you know what I mean? It's kind of getting rid of everything. I always play music after I act. It's not a conscious thing, like, 'Oh finally, I need to do this,' it's kind of a constant need.

I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.

What I do is I come in the morning and get involved in the character, but I'm always very pleased to leave it at night and have my life.