Quotes About Acting

I don't take characters home with me.

I'm home schooled, and I have a teacher that goes with me on all my movies.

Id have to fight for an Australian role over an American actor, and I already have to do that overseas, so why would I have to do it back at home?

During Breaking The Waves, I was on my own in a hotel room. I think I would have been impossible to live with. When you go home, you have to pretend to be the person you are at home.

I would like to explore comedy more. It's not something that I've done a lot of. Obviously, I'm very at home in drama. I like everything.

I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home.

There's not a huge pile of scripts at home. It's what happens to be on the table at that moment with your availability. And then you have no control over when these things come out.

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.

I feel like my home is stage acting.

Ever since I was younger, I would make table reads at home where I would give fake interviews.

In show business the key word is honesty. Once you've learned to fake that, the rest is easy.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

I always try to honor a character by being honest and truthful to who they are, in spite of my own personality and beliefs.

I hope to be acting until I'm playing the role of Grandma, and I'd like to branch out in film - producing, directing, all of it. I'll sleep when no one wants to hire me!

I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.

The job of an actor is the same in all of them, really. I mean, you're just creating a character that you hope people will believe, so it doesn't make that much of a difference really.

I'm not a method actor; I hope you know that!

People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.

If I was playing Carrie, I might have done differently but I felt like as my character. I mean, I'm definitely bringing myself to the role but I wanted to pay homage. I hope I did. We'll see.

I hope I'm always convincing when I act!

I'd say that music is my wife, acting's my mistress – I like 'em both, so I hope I don't have to choose.

I always hope for roles that have some depth and that I can get my teeth into and that will challenge me, in some way.

I hope to be known as a chameleon actress, as someone who can play any part out there, and someone who can transform herself into any kind of character there is.

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.