“Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.” FirstsBelieveHumansActorsHappeningsFirst TimeJazz Author:Tom Sizemore
“Sometimes, when you work with directors who have done it a lot and are established in the business and know the game, there are all these rules that they have. First-time directors will allow you to come in with choices. They're not so jaded by actors that they're like, 'Ugh, just do your job, man.” KnowsMenFirstsSometimesDoneJobsChoicesActorsGamesDirectorsFirst TimeJadedUgh Author:Jake M. Johnson
“You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this whole thing about playing sitcom comedy. I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. I went slowly. We went through the week of rehearsal, then we got on the floor with the cameras, which I'm used to because of my experience in the old days. Then came camera day, with an audience, and it was stunning, enthralling, exciting and chaotic. I had never experienced anything like that before, as an actor. I was part minstrel, part actor.” KnowsWantFirstsWholeUsedActorsAudienceComedyImagineWeekFirst TimeExcitingCamerasShockRehearsalChaoticOld DaysSitcomStunningMinstrels Author:William Shatner
“As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it.” FeelsFirstsIdeasActorsLike YouCapableFirst TimeNo Idea Author:Brit Marling
“Natural politicians are skilled actors, recreating reality, adjusting and ad-libbing, synthesizing the scenes, saying the same thing over and over again and making it seem that theyare saying it for the first time.” FirstsRealitySeemsActorsNaturalPoliticianSceneFirst TimeAdsAdjustingSaying The Same Thing Over And Over Book:First In His Class: A Biography Of Bill Clinton Source: First In His Class: A Biography Of Bill Clinton
“When you're an actor, seeing yourself for the first time, you spend all your time just watching yourself and hating yourself and picking your performance apart. You say, "I look horrible. I should quit."” ShouldFirstsLooksHateActorsSeeingFirst TimePerformancesQuittingHorribleHate YouSeeing YourselfHating Yourself Author:Sandra Bullock