Quotes About Craft

As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it.

In many ways, I feel like the form carries so much of the weight in a poem, obviously. But I think we sometimes forget that.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.

You don't become a poet if you want to make any money.

A novelist can get by on story, but the poet has nothing but the words.

Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do.

Poets go through a very tough apprenticeship in the use of words.

I would say I have sort of a natural gift for character, and following one person's point of view at a time, and dialogue, but I'm not naturally good at strong plot.

From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.

I'm not a big classical actor.

My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.

I love writing. It is the closest thing to me after being an actor.

My mother worked at home, making clothes, trying to make some money.

I'm an actor, not a clown.

I'm not a comedian, I'm an actor.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

I am not a comedian, I am an actor.

A good comedian has to be a fine actor all around.

A lot of comedic things are a real science - comedy has so many layers that I, at least, didn't see before working inside of it.

Etsy helps work be more human - you can stay at home and work alongside your kids - and it makes commerce more personal.

People who haven't done commercials, don't appreciate how hard it is.

Acting is just common sense. It isn't hard if you put yourself aside and just do what the writer wrote.

The amount of effort and energy that goes into being an actor is something that I can't compare to anything else.