Quotes About Acting

Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

I think that Brad Pitt is definitely a hottie. And his acting is so great that it makes him even more sexy.

I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

I think all parts come with baggage unless it is a brand new play. If one was daunted by that, you would never do anything.

I need to try and get away from that brat role, or people are going to think I'm a natural brat.

I only take up roles that really appeal to me, and like to break the rules as an actress.

It was hard doing scenes with Bobby Cannavale because I would break up laughing because he's so funny.

I learned more doing 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' than I did during three years at drama school.

I want to take acting lessons first. But I'd love to find the right film, a 'Breakfast Club' kind of thing.

I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.

I'm nervous before every day of work, almost. Even after six years of 'Breaking Bad.'

It's a very strange experience being on set of 'Breaking Bad;' you never know what's coming next for your character. I feel like I don't even know if I'm going to live through the next scene I'm in. It's exciting to work on.

When 'Breaking Bad' was on, I would have loved to have been a part of that.

I'm not going to be on the show 'Breaking Bad.'

I breathe music... The acting is a job, but music is life. You need a job to live.

We as actors ought to breathe life into a character and do it seamlessly to connect with the audiences.

I try to keep my voice natural for each character, but the spirit and the cadence and breathing for each character is totally different. It's those things that set each role apart from the others.

Breathing is always key in any character. When you have a character with no voice, that makes it even more important.

Sometimes you even start to sound like the character because you're living and breathing them every day on the set. It gets into your bones.

I do a 15-minute meditation and breathing exercise every day after shooting. That helps me to come out of character.

I did 'Bridge to Terabithia' when I was around 6 years old, but for my first movie, I was 5.

Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career.

Anytime I met an actor, I just attacked them and said, 'How did you do this?' Eventually, I began to realize that you went to school for it. I wasn't a bright kid, so it took me a long time to figure that out.

I was quite bright, but I didn't do much with it, and I thought acting was dressing up and shouting for a living - which, of course, it isn't.