Quotes About Acting

Acting is a different beast on screen. I'm excited to explore that. But, of course, it's an honor to be part of the Broadway community. It's a dream just to be here.

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

As a child I was given the freedom to explore my passion for acting, but I also grew up in a home where there were a lot of rules. I didn't have 'yes' parents.

For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn't found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting.

I'm still really interested in acting, I love film so much. It's definitely something I'm going to explore as well.

The whole business of being an actor is to explore, from research to shooting to why you do it. You're trying to see why people do what they do and how it feels to do what they do.

I feel so lucky to have 'Euphoria' as a first experience with taking on a character and exploring acting and in having this group of people as well.

A really fun part of getting to be an actor is exploring those parts of yourself that you wouldn't otherwise explore.

Building a character - nothing gives me more high than the process of exploring someone else's life on screen.

I've always just loved the Marshall/Lily relationship, and just exploring that, and the dynamic of a long-term relationship, and I just love our scenes together. I love it.

When I was born, mom wasn't doing films at all, so I was never exposed that much to the world of acting.

I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.

It's almost better most times to not talk in a scene. I think you can actually express a lot more without words.

Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.

I felt like when you're an actor, you don't get to fully creatively express yourself - most of the time, it's not your own writing or direction.

I think I need to play somebody who expresses themselves and is able to communicate on a more open level, something really different.

Theatre is known as a beautiful form of art where an actor expresses his emotions and feelings without any re-takes.

I'm expressing myself by acting. I'm learning about myself and making a living. I hope to do much more of it, so I can contribute my share to the world.

Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you're like, 'God, they're terrible. They're not doing anything.' And then you see the close-up, and it's so nuanced, and so much expression is happening. They were acting for that camera and for no one else.

Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.

As a cinematographer or director, I'm always looking for projects that are able to say a lot with the actor's expressions.

'Khamoshi' gave me the chance to prove that expressions can also say what dialogue could.

I never really think of acting and directing as being separate; they are just different expressions of the same thing.