Quotes About Acting

My first play was 'A Month in the Country' at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Acting is one of those things that anybody can do because no one can learn it, but only a few people can really do because it's nothing you can learn.

There are fewer and fewer roles that I haven't done already, or archetypes that I haven't played, and to break out of that box, the most interesting stuff is television.

Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.

It's one thing to play a character that's fictitious - it's quite another to play somebody that is alive and well.

I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge.

Acting takes inspiration from all the allied fields - be it diction, dancing, reading, narrating, I try to imbibe all those things to perfect my acting skills.

Fifteen years old, out in the world, acting was all I had.

Superstore' is, like, my fifth acting job.

What I loved about the acting class was that you got to think all day long about a person that wasn't you, and figure out why they were sad and what they wanted, what they dreamed.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

I don't watch scripted television, and I finally figured out why. It's my line of work, you know? It's what I do.

When I moved to Los Angeles, I figured I'm really going to make an attempt to become a real actor. And when I did that, I thought it was time for me to face my parents and tell them what I did.

I kind of figured if I couldn't get a job as a dwarf, looking as I do, I should just give up acting.

I figured out that I was interested in acting while at NYU.

I liked writing before I figured out I liked acting.

I had been in a band in college. You kind of need to make a choice between going the music route or going the acting route. I chose acting, figuring I could always do the music on my own.

I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would fill myself up with whatever devil worshippers believe. Then, as myself, I empty that out and become Nelsan.

When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand.

I made my first foray into acting with a Bengali film 'Gane Bhuban Bhariye Debo.'

I have not done any film where my role didn't make sense.

I'm still very critical of myself in film.

A lot of film acting is about being casual.

I'd definitely like to do some more film acting.