Quotes About Acting

I stopped being interested in improvisation, and I continue to not be that interested in it. Comedians can do it on a different level because they have a goal, but if you're improvising something that's dramatic, there's not that much to be good at.

If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!

One of my impulses in acting has always to make people feel less alone.

I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.

In fact, I'll be taking a lot of Cathy Gale with me. I expect that was why I was chosen for the part.

In my opinion, boys should not start with films before they are at least 24 years of age, because emoting on screen needs a certain amount of maturity, and a lot rides on an actor's shoulders.

I entered into Dawson's Creek to do a couple of episodes. They weren't sure about my role in the beginning, but then the chemistry kind of worked.

In the end, it's your job to own the role, and in the end, you are playing certain aspects of your own self, even.

Do I seem to play characters that in the end don't get the girl? Maybe. But you don't always get the girl or the guy, and there has to be someone to play that.

I would never have changed anything in the past. I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.

There are elements of me in the roles I've played in the past. But people forget that Mary Poppins was just a role, too.

I may have a talent for acting, but I am incapable of doing anything else.

I feel I am incapable of making Hindi movies. But I don't mind acting in them just to earn my bread and butter.

I am inclined to acting. I like to act and I like being an actor.

I was never interested in acting on film or in television, but I was always more inclined to writing and directing, and the exploration of character.

Once the writers got to know the actors, they would include certain things - personality-wise - for the characters because they knew you liked that sort of thing.

I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.

I started at the Incognito Theatre as an amateur.

My goal was for acting to become my main income. I would say to myself, 'I'm good enough.' That became my mantra.

I've always loved to incorporate music into acting because I have a passion for both.

Increasingly I've come to think that what's at the core of acting is thinking. Most people would say it's feeling.

Being part of 'Game of Thrones' is amazing, really incredible.

I've always admired Cate Blanchett and the roles she chooses. I think she's got an incredible discipline in a way, with choosing roles that are going to help her grow and bring something interesting to the world.

It's incredibly fun to play someone that you don't like. It exorcises your own demons in a way. It's cathartic. We all have things that we don't like about ourselves, little things. And I get to amplify those things and put them out there. It's fun and it has a cleansing effect.