Quotes About Acting

A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints' was the first real actor-actor part I did, and I hope I to do more. Action movies are fun, but I'd be happy not to do them if there are better roles.

When you're doing an out-and-out comedy, the notion of preparing for a character - I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here - but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything.

Now I have begun to get interested in films and I just hope that people start becoming interested in me to do more films.

The level of acting that I bring to films in three dimensions. I hope they make people sign some kind of waiver because if their mind explodes from my acting in 3D, it's not my fault.

I'm learning a lot about how to be one of the 'good' actors. You'd hope that it's natural to be a good person, and kind, but I'm learning how to deal with long, sometimes boring days.

It's not all about acting. It's about giving an art of entertainment to humanity.

The cat is, above all things, a dramatist.

Obviously we know Bill Hader is funny and charming, but my question is, can he do raw humanity and naturalism? I think so.

I'm interested in acting because I'm interested in exploring humanity, and we're all nuts, we're all damaged, and we're all gorgeous, so anything less than that is dishonest to me.

I want to explore more sides of humanity and myself. That's what acting is about.

So I told my mum that I'd opened a theatre. She said, "Are you having me on?" I said, "Well I'll give you an audition, but I'm not promising you anything."

It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy.

I'll watch a Keanu Reeves movie and I'll go, 'Wow, he's really not a very good actor!'

I'm looking forward to a future where there are roles of greater vulnerability and humor involved.

Come on, if you don't win tonight it doesn't mean you're not a good person, it just means you're not a good actor.

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.

I feel like with every character, you try to put yourself in that person's position and just completely use your imagination. That's what I do, at least. Everything is just pretend.

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that

All acting is an act of imagination. You are simply conjuring up imaginary circumstances in your mind and responding truthfully to them.

Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

Your imagination is your most important tool, as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.

I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique.

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.