“I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.” FeelsProcessEnjoyActing Author:Joaquin Phoenix
“I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and stuff that I'm not in and really make a good run at it as a production. I'm probably going to take a break from acting after a little while because I've enjoyed the developmental process so much. It helps you as an actor to learn story and to learn how to really nurture a script and work with a writer so you're not sitting there having to write it yourself and give notes.” WantGivingWritingLittlesHelpingStoriesRunningActorsStuffProcessActingBreakTvsSittingNotesScriptsProductionsEnjoyedBranchesNurtureDevelopmental Author:Channing Tatum
“I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesSchoolFilmActorsProcessActingHonestDirectorsBeing HonestFilm School Author:Matt Dillon
“Acting in general you just feel kind of stupid doing it anyway, but when you're pretending to be rolling around and dodging a foot or riding an ant, you're having to really do it seriously and there's nothing there. You've got to put faith in the process.” FeelsKindProcessActingFeetStupidPretendingRidingRollingAnts Author:Paul Rudd
“I believed there were no Hypotheticals in the sense of consciously acting agents - conscious entities. There was only the process. The needles of evolution, endlessly knitting.” ProcessActingEvolutionConsciousAgentsEntityNeedlesKnitting Author:Robert Charles Wilson
“Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the next morning. That's not how acting works. You can do anything to me as an actor; I'm a very resilient guy. Just don't rush me. If you ask me to do it immediately with no time to prepare, I know you have contempt for actors.” IfsKnowsWantGuyNextActorsAsksProcessCan DoActingMorningTelevisionEqualScriptsRidiculousAsk MeContemptResilient Author:Holt McCallany
“I have an acting coach that I work with on everything that I do. The thing about my preparation process for getting ready for a role is I have sex with as many people as I can.” PeopleI CanSexProcessActingRolesReadyCoachesPreparation Author:Aubrey Plaza
“Quotes are like prompts. A way of searching, connecting the dots. Other people's thinking has always - both positively and negatively - jumpstarted my thinking. Quotes are also a way of acting out not just a text, and not just thinking, but the making of a text. The construction of thinking. The quotes are part of those constructions and reflections. Thinking through quotes, which to say scouring a range of texts for insight, is one way to outline the process of thinking/feeling through a subject.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelingsProcessActingSubjectsReflectionInsightOne WayRangeConstructionConnectingPositivelyOutlinesDotsPromptsActing OutConnecting The Dots Author:Masha Tupitsyn
“Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.” FirstsDoeProcessActingTvsOffersTheaterCastsDedicationFirst LoveCrewRehearsal Author:April Parker Jones
“Acting's an odd profession for a young person; it's so extreme. You work, and the conditions are tough and the process is so immersive, and then it stops, and then there's nothing. So you have to find ways of making you feel productive when you're not actually producing anything. For a young person, that's really challenging.” WayFeelsPersonsYoungProcessChallengesActingConditionsToughExtremesProfessionOddProductive Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance. It's go-time in front of 100,000 people and everybody watching on TV. That's exactly how it is when a director says 'Action!' It's the same adrenaline rush, the same training process. I love it.” PeopleActionProcessActingFrontsFootballTvsDirectorsTrainingAdrenalineReceiverOne On OneAdrenaline Rush Author:Brian J. White
“I want to keep on progressing. I definitely think acting is a long process to be one of the greats like Morgan Freeman or Jack Nicholson.” ThinkingWantLongProcessActingProgressFreemanNicholson Author:Nathan Gamble
“The music I make and the process of acting, for me, are both about trying to understand people and get inside what makes us tick. That's the main thing that excites me. Our sense of who we really are and what drives us.” PeopleTryingProcessActingTick Author:Riz Ahmed
“I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, because I don't necessarily think it's helpful to talk about how I do my job.” ThinkingKindJobsProcessActingTalkingHelpful Author:Lennie James
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.” LostProcessActingCreativeCreative Process Author:Ellar Coltrane
“There were two things that became apparent, pretty quickly into the process. One was that the muscles didn't take as much reconditioning as I thought they would. It was more like voice acting than I thought it would be. You're using your whole body and there are things that are different, but when you are doing a character, even in the booth, nobody is watching but my face will do different things when I do different characters.” TwoDifferentWholeCharacterBodyWould BeFacesProcessVoiceActingTwo ThingsMusclesDifferent ThingsBe YouDifferent CharactersVoice Acting Author:Seth MacFarlane
“I'd love to continue to produce movies. My number one passion is acting, but I also think there's something so special in being able to support a script and an idea, and take it all the way through to fruition. I think that process is so rewarding.” ThinkingWayIdeasAblePassionProcessNumbersActingSupportSpecialProduceScriptsFruition Author:Roberto Aguire
“Basically, editing is done in rehearsal and in the writing process and in the acting, so it's very, very tricky, very, very tricky.” WritingDoneProcessActingEditingWriting ProcessRehearsalTricky Author:Julie Delpy
“Acting is ephemeral. It's not like making a painting that lasts forever. You're doing something, and the very action which comes and goes, is being demonstrated in front of you. Within that process, you're trying to go against the grain.” TryingActionLastsProcessActingForeverFrontsPaintingGrainComes And GoesEphemeral Author:Giovanni Ribisi
“When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do more and try lots of different things. I've also really worked on my breathing, which is a funny thing to talk about, if you're not an actor. I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsTryingDifferentJobsUsedActorsProcessActingHavensKeysStriveOpeningBreathingDifferent ThingsFunny ThingsOpening Up Author:Sigourney Weaver
“I'm an actor who loves to direct film, if I find something that I'm compelled to do and want to spend three or four years doing. I really love the process, though. I might have to just say, "Yeah, I want to direct that," because I want to direct something, but that's just not the way my being is. It's got to be a necessity for me, otherwise I'll just keep acting.” IfsWayWantYearsMightFilmThreeActorsProcessActingFourDirectYeahFour YearsCompelled Author:Ed Harris
“Acting is a creative process, and directing and music. I think creative people - and I take myself as a creative person and it doesn't mean you have to be an actor, a musician, or a painter - but I think if you are in a creative profession or a creative business you do have a heightened awareness.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanPersonsActorsProcessActingCreativeAwarenessMusicianProfessionPainterCreative ProcessCreative PeopleCreative PersonCreative Business Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Just coming to terms with the fact that I got to play April Wheeler [Revolutionary Road] and Hanna Schmitz [The Reader] in one year, let alone in my lifetime. I'm very, very aware of how rare that is as an opportunity for any one person. I can't tell you how much I've been able to take away from these experiences creatively. I really, really learned so much about acting, about myself... all of those things. It's difficult to talk about the actor's process without sounding like an arrogant asshole but they really were very challenging.” YearsPersonsI CanPlayFactsAbleActorsOpportunityProcessDifficultTermChallengesActingReaderLifetimeRevolutionaryArrogantApril Author:Kate Winslet
“I feel there's so much still to learn about acting. But there is some magic in the capturing of performance and in the process of editing a performance. The psychology of human beings and what's coming through the face... that fascinates me.” FeelsHumansStillsFacesProcessHuman BeingsActingPsychologyMagicPerformancesEditing Author:Ralph Fiennes
“Going into editing when I got to New York was part of that. I guess I just kind of wanted to know as much as possible. But I have a real love of the whole process, from start to finish. So right now, I fit into the acting part of the process, but I wouldn't rule anything out. I'm enamored with how the whole thing works.” KnowsKindRealWholeWantedProcessActingNew YorkFitRight NowReal LoveEditingEnamored Author:Ed Helms
“I can't do modeling disconnected. And I thought, "What do I like? What do I love about modeling?" And what I love is that it's such a creative process, with a bunch of people, and I wanted that more, which is how the acting thing came about.” PeopleI CanWantedProcessLove IsActingCreativeBunchCreative ProcessModelingDisconnected Author:Agyness Deyn
“When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's a self-indulgent exercise. It's the way I make my music. And when I'm acting, I get to leave myself behind, which is a relief. I get to collaborate with a director; I respect the director's medium and all the actors and actresses. So at the end of the day, it's about a character and it's about a director's vision. It's a really good balance for being so intense and alone in my personal process of making music.” WayWritingDifferentEndsSelfPlayCharacterActorsProcessActingBehindsVisionProduceBalanceExerciseDirectorsInstrumentsStudiosActressesIntenseMediumsReliefThe End Of The DaySelf IndulgentActors And Actresses Author:Lenny Kravitz
“In a movie, you need good actors, whereas in a book, you don't, unless you have a really bad imagination. In a book, your imagination will do the acting for you. Also, the process of revelation is often different. Tension is achieved in a different way.” WayNeedsBookDifferentActorsProcessImaginationActingDifferent WaysTensionRevelationsGood Actors Author:Yann Martel