Quotes About Craft

As a writer, I can't really take days off. Writing is like creating an art. Once you stop writing, you can lose your rhythm and context, meaning that your writing may lose its power.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

I love being an actor, doing it all. That's not exciting and controversial, but it's true.

I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.

Writing is what I do. It's like breathing to me at a certain point, but if I couldn't write, I do like cooking.

I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.

Well, I've made elderflower cordial.

I've never thought of acting as rocket science - you put on the costume, get your hair cut, and that's it, really.

I have always been attracted to the cottage industry side of this business.

I don't even listen to peoples' music... I'm really in-tune with my craft, I listen to me all day long.

As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don't.

I became famous almost before I had a craft.

I didn't aspire to be just a celebrity; I aspired to be an actress... I always wanted to be respected as someone who knew their craft.

If you teach someone your craft, while you're teaching them, you're going to learn because you're going to get better at teaching, which is going to make you better at whatever you're doing.

Gay guys know how to craft, and they craft really well. Straight guys, forget it.

That's one of the reasons I got into country music: because of the craft of that lyric and how much you could put into three minutes.

I want to stay learning and hopefully allow my craft to evolve.

Boxing is one of those things where you want to be respected for what you do at your craft.

I tell people all the time: get some training and become a student of your craft.

I want to be like a Christy Turlington, still doing my craft and still killing it. I want longevity and to be able to do this for a really long time.

If there's no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career.

It taught me something. It taught you your craft.

Obviously, I haven't really progressed that much at my craft.

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.