Home / Quotes / Quote by Johan Philip Asbaek

Quote by Johan Philip Asbaek

“Acting schools want to keep you in a position where they can still protect you, but in this industry no one's going to protect you except yourself. You've got to take care of yourself and you've got to get a great team around you.”

Author

Johan Philip Asbaek

Johan Philip Asbaek is a Danish actor born on March 2, 1982. He is known for his outstanding performances in various television series and films, particularly within the Danish market. Asbaek's acting career began in his youth, and he has gained recognition through his participation in numerous dramatic projects and television shows. more

“The good thing about rules is if you have to do an interview, and you make some rules for that interview, like, "I can only ask him about five years of his life or her life," it narrows down your story. It's the same thing with acting. In my profession, if I say, "These are the rules for this character," all of the sudden, you create life.”

Character Acting Good Things Profession

Author:Johan Philip Asbaek

“Boys are very basic. If we get food, alcohol, and maybe cigarettes and occasionally some sex, we're pretty cool. We're pretty chilled. What you see is what you get. It's not so many layers. Women are a little bit more complicated, which is why we keep falling in love with you all again and again and again and again.”

Fall Boys Love You Falling In Love Complicated Alcohol Cigarette Falling In Love With You

Author:Johan Philip Asbaek

“In the theater you can chain a blue-assed baboon in the stalls and with a good script, good actors, and a good set you'd have what is called a production. With the cinema someone has to know about lenses and fine things. I have no time for the "auteur de cinema." To me, it's meaningless.”

Meaningless

Author:Peter O'Toole

“I can't tell you about acting. You can develop all the skills, voice, gesture, movement, you can develop by exercise and practice but finally fundamentally it's mining from yourself, from your own personality, from what you know. If you can't know it you can have a good guess by people you know or books you've read.”

People Book Acting Personality Exercise Mining

Author:Peter O'Toole