“I've always wanted to entertain people, or make them smile, or tell a joke that would make them laugh. I don't think there was this deep down burning passion to be an actor.” PeopleThinkingPassionLaughingJokes Author:Chris Demetral
“I think most actors probably enjoy playing the bad guy. I think it's the fact that most of the time, heroes aren't written with enough interesting qualities or flaws, and that leads to the bad guys being almost the runaway train, as far as being more interesting for the audience to watch.” ThinkingEnoughGuyEnjoyInterestingQualityAudienceHeroTrainFlawsRunaway Author:Chris Demetral
“I really do think you lose the audition on the first ten seconds. I think you walk in, the casting directors and the producers and the directors have a real definite feeling of what they're going for, and if you don't look like it, it's pretty much done. Your acting is basically a bonus.” ThinkingRealDoneFeelingsActingProducers Author:Chris Demetral
“I've always said and I'd be one of the first people to admit; I think there are literally thousands of actors out there more talented than I am by a country mile. I've just been fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time, and I guess I had the right look.” PeopleThinkingCountryEnoughRight Time Author:Chris Demetral
“One of the great things about the longer you do a character, the more the writers start to understand your kind of character ticks and things that you like to do. The most exciting thing I think for a writer is when the characters just start speaking for themselves. You sit down at your keyboard and just stuff starts jumping out of their mouths. They just sort of wrote the scripts for themselves.” ThinkingKindCharacterExcitingGreat Things Author:Chris Demetral
“I think every actor tries to put a little bit of themselves into each character, and I think if you watch very closely, every actor has a bit of himself in every role whether they want to admit it or not.” ThinkingTryingCharacter Author:Chris Demetral
“I try not to plan more than 24 hours ahead at any given point. If I've learned anything, it's that you just can't plan. Whatever you think is going to happen never does, and there's always the X factor that always comes up and surprises you.” ThinkingTryingHoursSurprise Author:Chris Demetral
