Quotes About Acting

It's one thing in this business to actually work. 5 percent of the Screen Actors' Guild works. It's another thing to do work that's satisfying and that people are loving.

I'd always thought that acting was, like, you had to work really hard, you had to change the way you walked, you talked, and all of that. But that's not acting. That's shmacting.

Richard Chamberlain on The Slipper and the Rose was lovely to work with. He wore the clothes so beautifully and sang his songs so well.

I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.

Working with Katie Cassidy is amazing... That woman is so prepared and so professional and talented, it's such a joy to show up with her to work with her everyday.

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.

I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself.

It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.

The fundamentals of what I'll do to prepare for a role don't really change. They evolve as you work with more actors and you pick up more tricks.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

The longer you've been acting, normally, the better you are at it. As a musician, it doesn't work like that.

I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a different way but it was so not forced.

Id love to work in the States; Id love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play. But I do love British film as well.

We goofed around a lot and acted silly. It was great working with Mark Wahlberg too. Some off scenes I had with him I was terrified to do, but he was great.

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

Most of my friends all tend to work in restaurants part time, doing acting classes on the side.

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.

I use myself for each part. Naturally, it's my body, it's my soul, it's my feelings. That's the only way I know how to work. I couldn't pretend.

It's a good time for me to pursue acting, I suppose since I'm enjoying having another medium in which to express myself. I've been getting a great response to my work.

I know that some people work differently, but I have to work from the inside out. It doesn't matter how big the character is, there has to be a truthful core.

If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day.

I'm in a very lucky position. You have to remember that 95 percent of all actors aren't working. I'm actually able to go to France and work. It's a situation I couldn't have dreamt up.