Quotes About Craft

I found acting tough; it takes a lot out of you if you have no technique.

My acting technique is a combination of a lot of different ones. A lot of it is Meisner.

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.

I'm not a method actor because it refers to a certain kind or technique of acting that I have studied about, and I know I'm not one of them.

Technique is superficial. The method used in applying technique is what gives music its character.

Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.

A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.

I'm not a solid enough actor to have techniques.

Everyone seems to think they know what acting techniques are. Techniques just help you get to a certain place, but if the thing is happening just by itself, you don't need those techniques.

There are a lot of techniques for developing a character.

Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required.

I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.

Craft meets the machine in rapid fabrication. We can generate craft with the help of technology.

We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.

'Snowpiercer' is a little bit more experimental, I think, and crafted for a slightly different audience. 'The Giver' is more about teen angst.

I would say if you're young, if you're a teenager, act in plays, as many plays as you can. It's an amazing way to build your craft and an amazing way to build your presence.

I'm a stage actor. You know, I was - I cut my teeth on stage, you know. So I've always had a love affair with the stage, first off, what I was raised in, you know.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry.

Of all the art forms that my family dabbles in, writing suits my temperament the most.

Your number one job as a comedian is to be aware. You're supposed to understand the temperature in the room more than anyone on the planet - that's the whole craft of comedy.

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.

It has been often said that writing is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. In my experience, this is true. But, in my opinion, it is useless without that 1 percent. It's like an engine without fuel -- can't get anywhere without it. Or like a lighthouse without a light on top -- doesn't guide anyone in to home or safe harbor.