Amateur Actor Quotes

I remember, when I started acting officially, I was unbelievably green. My first audition tapes were just horrendous.

I am not from any acting background, not from any film family.

Obviously when you cast someone who hasn't acted before it can be a massive opportunity for them.

I was five when I did my first show with the Mountain Play Theatre company in Marin County. I started young, and since no one in my family was involved in the industry in any way shape or form, I think everyone thought I'd do a few plays and that would be it. But then I kept doing it.

I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained.

Playing athletics, playing a lot of different sports, going to drama school... I was one of those kids who wanted to do everything, so I ended up being pretty average at everything.

I don't particularly consider myself an actor. I have no training. I love doing it, but I would never consider myself to be a colleague of an actual actor. That would be stepping way up in class on my part.

I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.

I thought that choosing a non-professional was a condition for me, because it would allow Juliette to have a less-professional way of acting. It would challenge her performance as a professional actress.

Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.