Quotes About Acting

I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.

I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.

I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts.

A lot of my training is in classical theatre; I've done a lot of classical plays in New York and also at the Guthrie and here and there across the country.

I never went into acting to do film. I went into it to do theatre - classical roles.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor in classics like Shaw and Shakespeare and Chekov and Ibsen.

When I left high school - I was younger than my classmates, just 17 - I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I thought, 'When I go to college, I'd rather study something else.'

I don't believe that you can learn acting in a classroom.

I played a lawyer in a movie, so, many times I think I am a lawyer. And clearly I'm not a lawyer, because I got arrested.

I went back to high school and decided that I wanted to be a kid for a while, whatever that means, but once again I found myself back with acting, so clearly I couldn't escape the passion.

Dad wanted me to act because it was a clever way of boosting my confidence.

Women who are clever actresses have longevity because they're amazing actors, not because the camera loves them.

I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.

Without sounding too cliche, my part on 'Getting On' is the best role I've ever had. It is so rich, it is so well rounded, and I am happy to be right here. I feel like I lucked out and got one of the richest characters on TV because he is so complex.

It may sound very cliched but seriously, since childhood I always wanted to be an actress.

I don't have any dream role. I give my 100% to every character I play, and when the film clicks, it automatically becomes a dream role.

I wanted to play Dina. I was my managers most annoying client as I kept saying that I needed to get this part.

I'm way more in my head acting than I am when I'm writing. So there's a weird love/hate on both ends. But writing, as tough as it is, I get so much more out of it. It's like climbing Mt. Everest.

Acting didn't come and just clip me on the nose.

In America, they often don't know where I am from. The important point is the audience should not be able see through it. It should be so natural that your close friends may even think that you are not a great actor.

I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't use it.

I won't say I've closed the door on acting.

Acting is closed and 'Dabanng' will be my last film as an actor in Bollywood. I don't know, it does not excite me anymore and I have always believed I am a limited actor.

On 'The Avengers,' I've been working closely with Mark Ruffalo.