Quotes About Acting

I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.

'Ice Age' felt like stage acting. You'd write a sequence, and sometimes you'd submit pages, but other times, I would actually perform it for the directors and producer in my office.

New York is a great place to be as an unrepresented actor because there are so many 'open auditions' that you can show up for without being submitted by an agent.

I'm very good at pretending to be subservient; I'm really good at it.

Mature roles full of substance the kind played by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino - my favourite actors - is what I want to do.

I think I enjoy playing human beings no matter the substance of their character.

What I'd look for are roles in which the heroine's character has substance rather than just glamour.

I hope to get roles that are not just glamorous, but also have some substance.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.

'Gilmore Girls' and the first 'Guardians' were the two most substantial jobs of my career.

I'd love to do more Tamil films; unfortunately, I don't get any substantial roles.

Post 'Chennai Express,' I got several offers from Hindi cinema, but nothing substantial came my way.

I have been wanting to do a substantial role for quite sometime.

There are not that many parts for actors who are not white - even less substantive ones.

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do.

Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.

There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it. Doesn't say much for acting, does it?

It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting.

I'm kind of intimidated by the big screen - I often keep my performances much smaller and much more natural and subtle.

In Hitchcock's eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was a subtle human being, and he was also the best director I have ever worked with.

I love the simplicity of Kevin Spacey's work. He really does a subtle interpretation of every character, and that's kind of my style of acting when it comes to dramatic roles.

I'm almost sometimes too subtle in my acting.

There were a couple times with close-ups where I tended to overact. I would use more of my face than I needed to. I learned how to be more subtle.