Quotes About Acting

Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.

When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.

No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.

I don't like to play characters that are one note, and just the attractive girl in the film.

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.

I was never a good student. But I wrote acting notes every day and prepared for my next shoots diligently.

I can't imagine not playing Wynonna, because I get to play so many different things. In any given episode, I get drama and comedy and horror and all the notes of life, and very few shows or movies give you that opportunity.

I started in movies in 1963, and the first big one was 'Rosemary's Baby' in 1967. While you don't notice it right away, it finally dawns on you that 80% of the time, you're doing nothing.

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become very self-conscious.

The most fun I've had on 'Burn Notice,' I think it would have to be working with China Chow and Lucy Lawless.

You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.

I've gotten auditions with as little as two hours' notice. Those don't go so well!

In acting, while you play different roles, you begin to discover yourself and begin to notice life as you relate to the characters you represent.

If you'll notice, we don't have any real out and out jokes on 'Hogan.' Basically the program is drama.

The characters I've played that people have noticed included a cross-dresser and a transsexual.

I've played positive characters. But those films haven't been noticed.

I've noticed though that people will always assume you are the character you last played. I guess it's a compliment to playing your character convincingly.

People noticed me in 'Krrish,' and my seven-year-old daughter said I made her laugh.

I guess as long as people think of me for different ages, I'll trust their opinion. I remember noticing one year that Michelle Monaghan played 34 and 19, so I've kind of clung to that as my justification that I can be Jake Gyllenhaal's wife and a freshman in college in the same year.

I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.

I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they were actors and they acted out this story and just thinking that was the most fantastic notion, and that's what I want to do.

It's true I have a hard time with the notion of creating a character. And I feel it's a limit. I'm always really impressed by actors who are able to construct a character, like Johnny Depp.

There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.