Quotes About Acting

I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.

Keegan-Michael Key and Lindsay Sloane are two of the best, literally, just dramatic actors.

I think I'm good at playing dramatic and serious roles, but it's not necessarily what I want to keep doing.

I started acting young, and I was a dramatic actress.

My husband and I are both actors; we're obviously dramatic.

Well, I went to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy - I went to the conservatory - for acting.

It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors.

I think you have to draw from any character and bring it to yourself as much as possible.

I really enjoy drawing, and I enjoy design, fashion design especially. If acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'd probably go into design.

That's what I'm drawn to: playing characters that are completely different.

I've been into lots of auditions, and I'm sure I've lost a lot of jobs through that because I'm pretty dreadful at reading.

The two things an actor dreads most are children and dogs.

Yes, I play dress up! I do it for a living, like a retard!

I've always wanted to get into acting, ever since I was younger. I'd put on shows for my family and run around play dress-up all the time. I think I was 4 when I told them I wanted to do movies.

I don't get dressed up as the character to go audition.

Most of my films have been very character driven.

I loved working with Adam Driver.

What drives me is character driven material.

It isn't that easy to drop character, especially when you shoot for 12 to 16 hours a day for six months.

I was always playing the hard-bitten drunk.

I simply don't know how to act as if I am drunk.

I don't drink and haven't since I was younger so trying to remember what it feels like and act drunk was fun.

When you dub for your own character, it is the last chance to play the part again.

There aren't a lot of roles for sleepy-eyed black dudes.